1. Give an example of at least one antibiotic that is inactivated by each of the resistance mechanisms presented. Describe how each of these antibiotics normally acts on a bacterium to cause cell death.
2. Acinetobacter baumannii, also known as €œIraqibacter,€ is resistant to ampicillin, ceftriaxone, fluoroquinolone, gentamicin, and tetracycline. What mechanisms may this bacterium utilize in order to gain such multidrugresistance?

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