Your patient has impetigo, a skin infection caused by Staphy…

Yоur pаtient hаs impetigо, а skin infectiоn caused by Staphylococcus aureus.  You test bacteria grown from fluid from the lesions for antibiotic sensitivity. Impetigo lesions What is an antibiotic, tested here, that could be used to treat the patient’s infection, effectively? a. ampicillinb. Bactrimc. streptomycin [antibiotic] What is the name of the enzyme that bacteria use to degrade penicillin and other antibiotics of its class? a. β-lactamaseb. hexose kinasec. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenased. RuBisCo [enzyme] Among the antibiotics tested listed, above, which one works by inhibiting a metabolic/biochemical pathway? a. aminoglycosideb. beta-lactamc. macrolided. sulfonamide (eg., Bactrim) [metabolic] What is the most common mechanism of resistance to sulfonamide antibiotics such as Bactrim? [Bactrim] a.  beta-lactamase b.  bypass c.  efflux pumps d.  carbapenimase