Learning
Objectives for "Using
Antibiotics and Chemical Agents to Control of Bacteria"
C. Ways in which Bacteria May Resist Chemical Control Agents
After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.
1. Name 2 bacteria that have low-permeability membrane barriers and are thereby intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics.
2**. Briefly describe 4 different mechanisms occuring as a result of genetic changes in a bacterium that may enable that bacterium to resist an antibiotic.
3*. Describe R (Resistance) plasmids and state their significance to medical microbiology.
4. State what the following stand for: MRSA, VRE,CRE, ESBLs, and XDR TB.
5. Define dormant persisters and antibiotic tolerance.
(*) = Common theme throughout the course
(**) = More depth and common theme
Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.
Last updated: September, 2018
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Gary Kaiser