NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

PATHOLOGY AND GENETICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first antibiotic discovered was:
A
Quinine
B
Salvarsan
C
Streptomycin
D
Sulfa drugs
E
Penicillin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The discovery of penicillin, one of the world’s first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history-when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of deadly infectious diseases. Many school children can recite the basics. Penicillin was discovered in London in September of 1928.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alexander Fleming was, it seems, a bit disorderly in his work and accidentally discovered penicillin. Upon returning from a holiday in Suffolk in 1928, he noticed that a fungus, Penicillium notatum, had contaminated a culture plate of Staphylococcus bacteria he had accidentally left uncovered.

Detailed explanation-3: -penicillin, one of the first and still one of the most widely used antibiotic agents, derived from the Penicillium mold.

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