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Antibiotics are drugs that kill:
Viruses
Bacteria
Only pathogenic bacteria
Any microorganism
In normal conditions, most bacteria that live in our body are:
Pathogenic
Non pathogenic
Non pathogenic and beneficial
Opportunistic
Antibiotic resistance results from an adaptive response of:
Our body to infections
Bacteria to antibiotics
Drugs to bacteria
All of the above
The appearance of genes that confer antibiotic resistance can be prevented by:
Avoiding antibiotic abuse
Washing our hands
The two answers above
It cannot be prevented
Antibiotic resistant bacteria have been found in:
Hospital patients
Indigenous tribes
The environment
All of the above
Antibiotic resistance genes can be exchanged between bacteria of different species:
True
False
Only if bacteria have a cell nucleus
Only among infectious bacteria
A ‘panresistant’ bacterium can be treated with:
A broad-spectrum antibiotic
A combination of antibiotics
No existing antibiotic
A retroviral drug
Promising treatments to treat resistant bacteria that are currently in the pipeline include:
Molecules derived from other bacteria
Viruses
Fecal microbiota transplantation
All of the above
I can help contribute to the fight against antibiotic resistance by:
Washing my hands
Keeping my vaccines up to date
Finishing the antibiotic treatment even I feel better
All of the above
Antibiotic resistance is spreading as a result of misuse and abuse of antibiotics in:
Humans
Livestock
Fish farms
All of the above
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