Match the following items with the correct phrases.

_______1. Semisynthetic penicillins that are known as penicillinase-resistant penicillins.
_______2. Examples of antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis.
_______3. Semisynthetic penicillins that are not resistant to penicillinase.
_______4. Examples of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis.
_______5. Examples of antibiotics produced by molds.


a. penicillin, bacitracin, cephalosporins, vancomycin
b. ampicillin and carbenicillin
c. methicillin, oxacillin, cloxacillin, nafcillin
d. tetracycline, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, streptomycin
e. penicillin and cephalosporins, but not bacitracin and vancomycin


1. c. methicillin, oxacillin, cloxacillin, nafcillin
2. a. penicillin, bacitracin, cephalosporins, vancomycin
3. b. ampicillin and carbenicillin
4. d. tetracycline, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, streptomycin
5. e. penicillin and cephalosporins, but not bacitracin and vancomycin

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