A child has received amoxicillin (Amoxil) for three previous ear infections, but a current otitis media episode is not responding to treatment
The nurse caring for this child suspects that resistance to the bacterial agent has occurred by which microbial mechanism?
a. Alteration of drug target molecules
b. Antagonist production
c. Drug inactivation
d. Reduction of drug concentration at the site of action
ANS: B
Drug inactivation can occur when microbes produce drug-metabolizing enzymes. Penicillin-resistant organisms, including many that cause otitis media, produce penicillinase. Alteration of drug target molecules, drug inactivation, and reduction of the drug concentration occur with other antimicrobials.
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