- What destroys many types of bacteria?
(a) Narrow-spectrum antibiotics
(b) Broad-spectrum antibiotics
(c) Porins
(d) Hydrophilic - The bacteriostatic strategy is a direct hit, killing the pathogen.
(a) True
(b) False - What is the spectrum of antimicrobial activity?
(a) Broad-spectrum antibiotic
(b) Narrow-spectrum antibiotic
(c) The minimum number of different types of pathogenic microorgan-
isms that an antibiotic can destroy
(d) The number of different types of pathogenic microorganisms that an
antibiotic can destroy - Sulfanilamide is a
(a) Cell wall inhibitor
(b) Protein inhibitor
(c) Antimetabolite
(d) DNA inhibitor - The bacteriostasis strategy causes the host’s immune system to fight the
pathogen through phagocytosis.
(a) True
(b) False - Penicillin is a cell wall inhibitor.
(a) True
(b) False
(^248) CHAPTER 16 Antimicrobial Drugs