The nurse administers a drug to treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae that works on no other bacteria. How would the nurse describe this drug?
A) Broad spectrum
B) Narrow spectrum
C) Bactericidal
D) Bacteriostatic
B
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Without knowing the name of the antibiotic and how it works to treat N. gonorrhoeae, the only thing that can be said is that it is a narrow-spectrum anti-infective because it only treats one specific organism. Broad-spectrum anti-infectives treat multiple organisms. The name of the drug and how it works would need to be known to determine whether it is bacteriocidal or bacteriostatic.
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