NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
Question
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Invented the first antibiotic called penicillin
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A. Flemming
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E. Jenner
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H. Fracastorius
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J. Tyndall
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician-scientist who was recognised for discovering penicillin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world’s first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Alexander Fleming did not attempt to patent penicillin. Fleming chose not to patent penicillin as he did not want to create a barrier between the drug and those who needed it. Further, Fleming quipped that nature invented penicillin, he merely discovered it.
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