Explain the desirable features of antimicrobial chemicals and whatfactors influence their effectiveness.

Q: Explain five ways in which chemotherapeutic agents kill or damage bacterial pathogens.

A: Bacteria are microscopic organisms which belong to prokaryote because these are unicellular…

Q: Based on class data only, which antimicrobial has the broadest spectrum? Which one has the narrowest…

A: An antimicrobial is an agent that kills or stops the growth of micro-organism. Antimicrobial…

Q: For an individual organism and an antimicrobialagent, what do the results signify?

A: Introduction  In the various microbiological techniques as we isolate and culture different bacteria…

Q: Give one example of selective toxicity used as an antimicrobial mechanism. Explain your answer

A: The selective toxicity of antibiotics is related to the effectiveness of the antibiotics against the…

Q: Identify the targets of antimicrobial control agents, and explain what eff ects their modes of…

A: Antimicrobial agents are used to inhibiting or killing the growth of microorganisms. The…

Q: Compare 2 applications of autoclaving and pasteurization with regard to antimicrobial control .

A: Microbial control is a way of controlling the growth or killing of Microbes and is done by…

Q: When might a broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug be a good treatment choice?

A: broad-spectrum antibiotic is an antibiotic that specifically acts on the two major groups of…

Q: Explain the desirable features of antimicrobial chemicals and what factors infl uence their eff…

A: The desirable features of an antimicrobial chemical include the following:It should be effective…

Q: Which of the following is NOT a property of an antimicrobial agent? a. Must have a known…

A: An antimicrobial is a substance that destroys or inhibits the growth of microorganisms.…

Q: Compare the action of microbicidal and microbistatic agents, providing anexample of each.

A: Below outlined is difference in the mode of action seen in case of microbicidal and microbiostatic…

Q: Describe four modes of action of antimicrobial agents, and provideexamples of how they work.

A: The term "antimicrobial" refers to the group of drugs that consists of antibiotics, antiprotozoals,…

Q: What is the outcome of the use of antimicrobials?

A: There are a variety of microbes present in the environment. Microbes can be bacteria, viruses,…

Q: What factors influence the size of the zone of inhibition for an antimicrobial?

A: Testing of effectiveness of anti microbial drugs against microbes are important in identification of…

Q: Differentiate between the following and provide one example of each:a. antibiotics and antimicrobial…

A: Drugs are the substances or medicines that have a physiological effect on the organism’s body when…

Q: Identify two factors( in detail)that make biofilms more tolerant to antimicrobials including their…

A: Biofilms are a collective of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on many different…

Q: Discuss the rational for the use of Sulfonamide (Sufa drug) as an antimicrobial agent.

A: The rationale for the use of sulfonamide as an antimicrobial agent -The sulfonamides are a gathering…

Q: Explain why the type and number of microbes, environmental conditions, risk for infection, and…

A: An antimicrobial treatment kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, or…

Q: Explain the Terminology of Antimicrobials.

A: Microbes are generally visible under the instrument microscope only. The organisms that are included…

Q: Explain an example of antimicrobial peptides.

A: Introduction: Antimicrobial peptides are the peptides produced by the host as a defence against…

Q: Explain the usage as antimicrobial agents and disinfectants of Phenol and phenolics, alcohols,…

A: Introduction An Antimicrobial Agent Is A Chemical That Kills Or Inhibits The Growth Of Bacteria.…

Q: Differentiate between the following and provide one example broad- and narrow-spectrum…

A: The antimicrobial drugs are the agents that inhibit the growth of micro-organisms and kill them. It…

Q: What is the antimicrobial removal device (ARD) blood culture system? Discuss its mechanism and its…

A: Microbes are present everywhere. Bacteria, viruses, and fungi are some of the types of…

Q: An antimicrobial drug with a therapeutic index is a betterchoice than one with a therapeutic…

A: The antimicrobial drugs are the substances that are able to decrease the activity or kill the…

Q: What is the relationship between antimicrobial and antibiotics?

A: Antibiotics are agents or durgs that is used to treat all type of bacterial infections. While…

Q: Give a short discussion about Aminoglycosides and Trimethoprim as chemotherapeutic antimicrobial…

A: Antimicrobial chemotherapy is the clinical utilization of antimicrobial agents to treat infectious…

Q: Discuss factors that influence the effectiveness of anti microbial agent

A: There are many factors that influence the effectiveness of an antimicrobial agent ,some of the…

Q: Name four types of antimicrobial host-derived products.

A: Introduction: Products derived from any agent that works against microbes by slowing their growth or…

Q: List some Characteristics of the Ideal Antimicrobial Drug.

A: Antimicrobial medications are natural or manmade chemical compounds that inhibit or eliminate the…

Q: Suggest a possible mechanism for how a microbe that becomes resistant to an antimicrobial chemical…

A: Resistance bacteria  Those bacteria which survive and reproduce in the presence of antibiotic drug.

Q: Explain the major modes of action of antimicrobial drugs, andgive an example of each.

A: Antimicrobial drugs are the ones which are used to treat a microbial infection.

Q: Discuss how the known mechanism/s of action of the different tested antimicrobials affected their…

A: In biochemistry, antimicrobials are defined as the drug class or agents that act on microorganisms…

Q: explain how the different targets of antimicrobial drugs work in relation to selective toxicity.

A: Bacteria is a prokaryote that can be found everywhere in this world. Some are harmful and some are…

Q: List 10 characteristics of an ideal antimicrobial drug.

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Q: State the goals of antimicrobial therapy.

A: The knowledge of local organisms and resistance patterns plays an important role in the selection of…

Q: Discuss the origins of antimicrobial drugs.

A: Antimicrobial products kill or moderate the spread of microorganisms. Microorganisms incorporate…

Q: Contrast various microbes and rate their variations in resistance tocontrol agents.

A: Microorganisms are small organism that cannot be seen by naked eyes. Microorganism can be harmful to…

Q: What are the tests to determine the level of antimicrobial activity of a antimicrobial agent? How…

A: Antibiotic disc diffusion study is also known as the Kirby-Bauer method in which the susceptibility…

Q: Give a short discussion about tetracyclines and sulfonamides as chemotherapeutic antimicrobial…

A: Tetracycline is used to treat infections caused by bacteria including pneumonia and other…

Q: Draw a diagram to illustrate the procedure for the determination of the minimum inhibitory…

A: The minimum inhibitory concentration is determined to estimate the efficiency of the chemical. It is…