Post Utme Achievers University 2021 Biology Question 23

Practice objective / multiple choice question 23 from the 2021 Post Utme Achievers University Biology examination.

Post Utme Achievers University 2021 Biology Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 23 POST_UTME_ACHIEVERS_UNIVERSITY • 2021 • BIOLOGY • objective

A microorganism is isolated from a patient's blood culture and identified as Staphylococcus aureus. The organism is resis\tant to methicillin and has a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 16 μg/mL for vancomycin. What is the most likely mechanism of resis\tance?

Answer Options

A. Efflux pump-mediated resis\tance
B. Enzymatic inactivation of vancomycin
Correct Answer C. Target modification of the vancomycin binding site
D. Increased expression of the vancomycin target gene
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
Target modification of the vancomycin binding site

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This is Post Utme Achievers University 2021 Biology Question 23. It is one of the objective questions from the 2021 Post Utme Achievers University Biology examination.

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