A new drug has been identified that inhibits Synthesis of LPS. Your boss had told you to do a gram stain on a patient sample to see if it would be useful. Describe the major steps in the gram stain you would use. If this organism were a susceptible coccus what would the appearance be if you did your gram stain correctly. Discuss which part of the LPS would be the best to target with a drug like this and why you chose that- the lipid A, the core carbohydrates or the O antigen part.

A new drug has been identified that inhibits Synthesis of LPS. Your boss had told you to do a gram stain on a patient sample to see if it would be useful. Describe the major steps in the gram stain you would use. If this organism were a susceptible coccus what would the appearance be if you did your gram stain correctly. Discuss which part of the LPS would be the best to target with a drug like this and why you chose that- the lipid A, the core carbohydrates or the O antigen part.

Curren'S Math For Meds: Dosages & Sol

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Chapter10: Reconstitution Of Powdered Drugs

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