Part A -Treating Walking Pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterium that lac

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Part A -Treating Walking Pneumonia Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterium that lacks a cell wall. It causes atypical pneumonia. Which antibiotic would be most effective in treating this infection, and why? View Available Hint(s) vancomycin, because t binds and blocks the terminal tvo amino acids on the short peptide attached to NAM cloxacillin, because it is a penicillin that resists the activity of penicilin-degrading enzymes penicillin, because it inhibits the enzyme that cross-links peptidoglycan ciprofloxacin, because it inhibits an enzyme necessary for bacterial DNA replication

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Ans) d) ciprofloxacin because it inhibits an enzyme necessary for bacterial DNA replication.

A broad spectrum synthetic fluoroquinolone antibiotic, Ciprofloxacin has high-grade absorption characteristics. This drug works on bacterial DNA gyrase to inhibit bacterial DNA synthesis. Ciprofloxacin is discharged rapidly in the urine and has a half-life in the blood of about 4 hours.

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