Bacterial Infections / Noxprin Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: folliculitis : bacterial infection of hair follicles, quinolone : a type of antibacterial that inhibits bacterial dna gyrase enzymes, resistance : a phenomenon that occurs when bacteria become less susceptible to antibiotics, aerobes : need oxygen to survive, resistant : the property of biofilms that makes them harder to kill by antimicrobial agents, primary infection : microorganisms invade otherwise healthy skin, mdr : the acronym for multidrug resistance, which can result from efflux pump overexpression, topoisomerase : another type of enzyme that alters the shape and topology of dna, mutant : a word that means an organism that has undergone a genetic change, mexab : the name of the efflux pump that is constitutionally expressed in pseudomonas aeruginosa, cellulitis : non-purulent infections, pseudomonas : the genus of bacteria that is known for its efflux pump-mediated resistance and pathogenicity, matrix : the self-produced substance that supports the biofilm structure, impetigo : most commonly affected are children, gram positive : simple cell wall which takes the stain and appears purple, impetigo : a skin infection that causes blisters and sore, efflux : the type of pumps that contribute to biofilm resistance by expelling antibiotics, biofilm : collections of bacteria that have attached to a surface and/or to each other, ozenoxacin : the active ingredient in noxprin, chronic : the type of infections that are mostly associated with biofilms, bactericidal : a property that means killing bacteria, prokaryotic : bacteria & blue green algae, quinolones : the class of antibiotics that are affected by efflux pump overexpression in pseudomonas aeruginosa, carbunlcles : clusters of furuncles, mrsa : an acronym for a type of bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics and can cause skin infections