AMR EXAM 1 UF QUESTIONS &
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Antimicrobial Resistance - correct answer ✔✔The ability of a microorganism to stop an
antimicrobial from working against it
Antibiotics purpose - correct answer ✔✔Kill bacteria or inhibit their growth
What does MRSA stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
One bacteri_____, two bacteri_____, many bacteri_____ - correct answer ✔✔Bacterium,
bacteria, bacteria
Candida - correct answer ✔✔Opportunistic pathogen that lives in the human body, serious
antifungal-resistant strains have begun to emerge. Leading cause of healthcare associated
bloodstream infections in US hospitals
Leading cause of healthcare associated bloodstream infections in US hospitals - correct answer
✔✔Candida fungus
Example of antiparasitic drug resistance - correct answer ✔✔Malaria parasite, Plasmodium
falciparum, develops resistance to antimalarial drugs and poses a serious threat to humans,
taking over half a million lives annually around the world.
Pesticide resistance examples - correct answer ✔✔Mosquitos develop resistance to pesticides,
making population control difficult
,Antiviral agent resistance examples - correct answer ✔✔Influenza virus mutates constantly, new
vaccine needs to be released every year
Resistance in humans - correct answer ✔✔Cancer cells beginning to resist chemotheraputic
agents
Herbicide agent resistance - correct answer ✔✔Waterhemp is invasive weed that has
developed resistance to most commercially available herbicidal agents
How does Antibiotic Resistance develop? - correct answer ✔✔- Within a normal population of
bacteria, some may be already carrying resistance to a given antibiotic.
- In the presence of that particular antibiotic, all drug-sensitive cells are killed.
-But the ones that are persistent and further divide and pass resistance to other cells from
different species, giving rise to drug-resistant population
The CDC estimates that antibiotic resistance causes at least ______ infections annually, claiming
_______ deaths in the United States alone. - correct answer ✔✔2 million, 23,000
Data show that most antibiotic resistant infections happen in ________, and these are called
_____________ - correct answer ✔✔General community, community-acquired bacterial
infections
Most deaths related to antibiotic resistance happen in __________ settings, and these
infections are known as ________ - correct answer ✔✔Health care, nosocomial or hospital-
acquired infections (HAIs)
, Since 2013, have illnesses and deaths related to AMR increased or decreased? - correct answer
✔✔Increased
True or false: you have a greater chance of dying from COVID-19 than from ABR infections -
correct answer ✔✔False, lower chance
Adjusted to the total population, the US has about _________ times more deaths from AMR
than in europe - correct answer ✔✔two
In the US, _____ percent of all lethal infections were due to bacteria resistant to last reserve
antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔39
CDC AMR Threats Report 2019 - correct answer ✔✔Stop referring to a post-antibiotic era, its
already here
Stop playing the blame game
Stop only relying on new antibiotics
Stop believing antibiotic resistance is a prooblem "over there"
AMR leads to ______ hospital stays, _______ medical costs and _________ mortality - correct
answer ✔✔Longer, increased, increased
Who can AMR affect? - correct answer ✔✔Anyone of any age in any country
True or false: AMR is one of the biggest threats to global health and food security today -
correct answer ✔✔True
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS 100%
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Antimicrobial Resistance - correct answer ✔✔The ability of a microorganism to stop an
antimicrobial from working against it
Antibiotics purpose - correct answer ✔✔Kill bacteria or inhibit their growth
What does MRSA stand for? - correct answer ✔✔Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
One bacteri_____, two bacteri_____, many bacteri_____ - correct answer ✔✔Bacterium,
bacteria, bacteria
Candida - correct answer ✔✔Opportunistic pathogen that lives in the human body, serious
antifungal-resistant strains have begun to emerge. Leading cause of healthcare associated
bloodstream infections in US hospitals
Leading cause of healthcare associated bloodstream infections in US hospitals - correct answer
✔✔Candida fungus
Example of antiparasitic drug resistance - correct answer ✔✔Malaria parasite, Plasmodium
falciparum, develops resistance to antimalarial drugs and poses a serious threat to humans,
taking over half a million lives annually around the world.
Pesticide resistance examples - correct answer ✔✔Mosquitos develop resistance to pesticides,
making population control difficult
,Antiviral agent resistance examples - correct answer ✔✔Influenza virus mutates constantly, new
vaccine needs to be released every year
Resistance in humans - correct answer ✔✔Cancer cells beginning to resist chemotheraputic
agents
Herbicide agent resistance - correct answer ✔✔Waterhemp is invasive weed that has
developed resistance to most commercially available herbicidal agents
How does Antibiotic Resistance develop? - correct answer ✔✔- Within a normal population of
bacteria, some may be already carrying resistance to a given antibiotic.
- In the presence of that particular antibiotic, all drug-sensitive cells are killed.
-But the ones that are persistent and further divide and pass resistance to other cells from
different species, giving rise to drug-resistant population
The CDC estimates that antibiotic resistance causes at least ______ infections annually, claiming
_______ deaths in the United States alone. - correct answer ✔✔2 million, 23,000
Data show that most antibiotic resistant infections happen in ________, and these are called
_____________ - correct answer ✔✔General community, community-acquired bacterial
infections
Most deaths related to antibiotic resistance happen in __________ settings, and these
infections are known as ________ - correct answer ✔✔Health care, nosocomial or hospital-
acquired infections (HAIs)
, Since 2013, have illnesses and deaths related to AMR increased or decreased? - correct answer
✔✔Increased
True or false: you have a greater chance of dying from COVID-19 than from ABR infections -
correct answer ✔✔False, lower chance
Adjusted to the total population, the US has about _________ times more deaths from AMR
than in europe - correct answer ✔✔two
In the US, _____ percent of all lethal infections were due to bacteria resistant to last reserve
antibiotics - correct answer ✔✔39
CDC AMR Threats Report 2019 - correct answer ✔✔Stop referring to a post-antibiotic era, its
already here
Stop playing the blame game
Stop only relying on new antibiotics
Stop believing antibiotic resistance is a prooblem "over there"
AMR leads to ______ hospital stays, _______ medical costs and _________ mortality - correct
answer ✔✔Longer, increased, increased
Who can AMR affect? - correct answer ✔✔Anyone of any age in any country
True or false: AMR is one of the biggest threats to global health and food security today -
correct answer ✔✔True
