KROK 1 2011 – Question 177 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A doctor prescribed a cephalosporin antibiotic to the patient after appendectomy for infection prevention. Antimicrobial activity of this group of antibiotics is based upon the disturbance of the following process:
- A. Energy metabolism
- B. Nucleic acid synthesis
- C. Choline esterase block
- D. Microbial wall formation
- E. Ribosome protein synthesis
Hint
Think about how cephalosporins, as beta-lactams, bind penicillin-binding proteins and why this kills growing bacteria while sparing human cells.
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