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The use of chemicals or drugs to treat any disease is properly called:Read the answer and worked solution →Penicillin was discovered accidentally in 1928 by:Read the answer and worked solution →Isolation and mass production of penicillin was achieved by a team at:Read the answer and worked solution →The scientist who first showed the antimicrobial capabilities of soil actinomycetes was:Read the answer and worked solution →A drug that reversibly stops bacterial growth, letting it restart afterwards, is:Read the answer and worked solution →A drug that targets only specific subsets of bacterial pathogens is described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Broad-spectrum drugs also kill normal microbiota, raising the risk of a:Read the answer and worked solution →The rate at which half a drug is cleared from the plasma is its:Read the answer and worked solution →The method used to introduce a drug into the body is the route of:Read the answer and worked solution →Among routes, the generally preferred one for patient convenience is:Read the answer and worked solution →Two drugs working better together than either alone show an interaction that is:Read the answer and worked solution →A drug that harms microbes while sparing the host shows:Read the answer and worked solution →Drugs blocking peptidoglycan biosynthesis make bacteria susceptible to osmotic:Read the answer and worked solution →Cephalosporins and penicillins share a core ring structure known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The only monobactam used clinically is:Read the answer and worked solution →The glycopeptide discovered in the 1950s that inhibits cell wall synthesis is:Read the answer and worked solution →Vancomycin is effective only against organisms that are gram:Read the answer and worked solution →Pumping a drug back out before it reaches its target is resistance by:Read the answer and worked solution →A spontaneous mutation altering the shape of a drug's binding site causes resistance through target:Read the answer and worked solution →Microbes carrying several resistance mechanisms at once are known colloquially as:Read the answer and worked solution →Methicillin was a semisynthetic penicillin designed to resist inactivation by:Read the answer and worked solution →A susceptibility test using a drug-impregnated disk on a plate is named after Kirby and:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the drug classesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the resistance tricksRead the answer and worked solution →Run the drug gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the pharmacy wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Narrow or broadRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the drug wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Antimicrobial bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The use of chemicals or drugs to treat any disease is properly called:

  1. Chemotherapy
  2. Chiropractic
  3. Cryotherapy
  4. Chromatherapy
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Correct answer: A. Chemotherapy

1. Most people link the word to cancer treatment alone. 2. The term actually covers drug treatment of any disease. 3. That term is chemotherapy. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 14, Antimicrobial Drugs._

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Penicillin was discovered accidentally in 1928 by:

  1. Fulton
  2. Fleming
  3. Faraday
  4. Franklin
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Correct answer: B. Fleming

1. He returned from holiday to old staphylococcus plates. 2. A mould had killed the bacteria around it. 3. That scientist was Alexander Fleming. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 14, Antimicrobial Drugs._

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Isolation and mass production of penicillin was achieved by a team at:

  1. Oxford University
  2. Oregon University
  3. Ontario University
  4. Orleans University
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Correct answer: A. Oxford University

1. Fleming identified the substance but could not scale it. 2. Another team solved the production problem. 3. That team worked at Oxford University. _Source: OpenStax Microbiology, Chapter 14, Antimicrobial Drugs._

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