KROK 1 Stomatology 2014 – Question 123 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 29-year-old patient with bacterial pneumonia has been administered penicillin. What is the mechanism of its antimicrobial action?
- A. Inhibition of SH-groups of microorganism enzymes
- B. Inhibition of intracellular protein synthesis
- C. Inhibition of cell walls synthesis in the microorganisms
- D. Inhibition of cholinesterase activity
- E. Antagonism of PABA
Hint
Recall the target of beta-lactams: penicillin-binding proteins (transpeptidases), and ask which bacterial structure these enzymes build.
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