After teaching a group of nursing students about the action of sulfonamides, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students state that the action of this class of drugs is primarily which of the following?
A) Bacteriostatic
B) Bactericidal
C) Promotor of folic acid activity
D) Bacterial cell metabolizer
Ans: A
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The sulfonamides are primarily bacteriostatic because of their ability to inhibit the activity of folic acid in bacterial cell metabolism. They are not bactericidal.
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