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4 years old male child was brought to the ER with complaints of pain in the right knee joint for 2 days. he was limping . on examination the joint was edematous ,erythematous and tender to touch. child was febrile and complained of chills. joint aspirate has shown leukocytosis , predominantly neutrophils. father tells that child was adopted at 2 yearsof age and the immunization details are not known. physician made a diagnosis of acute septic arthritis and decided to start an antibiotic . which one of the following is the most likely mechanism of action of the drug?
a.cell wall synthesis inhibitor
b.protein synthesis inhibitor
c.cellmembrane synthesis inhibitor
d.inhibits nucleic acid synthesi
e.inhibits DNA gyrase
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| asmi
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A :?:
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| step1taker
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most possible pathogen is S.aureus
so Px was probably given a penicillin(i.e.cloxacillin) which is a cell wall inhibitor.So A.
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| alice8
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a.cell wall synthesis inhibitor
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| vyseerx
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congrats guys, you all got it correct!
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