Antibacterial Agents: Past, Present, and Future

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What is one of the worrying abilities of bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus?

  • Ability to produce vaccines
  • Ability to gain resistance to known drugs (correct)
  • Ability to cause viral infections
  • Ability to reduce antibiotic resistance

According to the World Health Organization, what was responsible for about 2 million deaths in 2002?

  • Tuberculosis (correct)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Measles
  • Malaria

In which regions did 70% of the deaths from respiratory infections in children occur?

  • Africa and Asia (correct)
  • South America and Australia
  • North America and Europe
  • Antarctica and Greenland

What is one of the major causes of death in the developing world?

<p>Bacterial infection (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What has attracted widespread publicity in the developed world due to deaths from virulent strains?

<p>Food poisoning from Escherichia coli (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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