Antimicrobial bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   Found penicillin.

   Item

   Fleming

2. Clue

   Growth stops, not death.

   Item

   Bacteriostatic

3. Clue

   Hits few species.

   Item

   Narrow

4. Clue

   Second infection.

   Item

   Superinfection

5. Clue

   Half the drug gone.

   Item

   Half life

6. Clue

   Harms germ, not host.

   Item

   Selective

7. Clue

   Ring in penicillins.

   Item

   Beta lactam

8. Clue

   Pumped back out.

   Item

   Efflux

9. Clue

   Disk on a plate.

   Item

   Kirby Bauer

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation