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Author: BAUMAN
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To treat the contagious diseases efficiently, the doctors must know about the antimicrobial agent that is most active against a specific pathogen. The effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs is determined by a variety of tests, such as the minimum inhibitory concentration test, diffusion susceptibility tests, and the minimum bactericidal concentration test.
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EBK MICROBIOLOGY:W/DISEASES BY BODY...-
Ch. 10 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 10 - Some antimicrobial drugs are harmful to humans....Ch. 10 - Antibiotic Overkill A young woman was taking...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2CCSCh. 10 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 10 - Why is it incorrect to say that an individual...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1EDCSCh. 10 - Prob. 3CCSCh. 10 - Prob. 1MCCh. 10 - In a Kirby-Bauer susceptibility test, the presence...
Ch. 10 - Prob. 3MCCh. 10 - Prob. 4MCCh. 10 - Cross resistance is _____. a. the deactivation of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6MCCh. 10 - Prob. 7MCCh. 10 - Prob. 8MCCh. 10 - Prob. 9MCCh. 10 - Prob. 10MCCh. 10 - Label each figure below to indicate the class of...Ch. 10 - What specific test for antimicrobial efficacy is...Ch. 10 - What characteristics would an ideal...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2SACh. 10 - Why is the fact that drug Z destroys the NAM...Ch. 10 - Given that both human cells and pathogens...Ch. 10 - Prob. 5SACh. 10 - Prob. 6SACh. 10 - Prob. 7SACh. 10 - Prob. 8SACh. 10 - Compare and contrast the actions of polyenes,...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10SACh. 10 - Prob. 1CTCh. 10 - How does Penicillium escape the effects of the...Ch. 10 - How might a colony of Bacillus licheniformis...Ch. 10 - Fewer than 1 % of known antibiotics have any...Ch. 10 - In an issue of News of the Lepidopterists Society,...Ch. 10 - Even though aminoglycosides such as gentamicin can...Ch. 10 - Prob. 7CTCh. 10 - Prob. 8CTCh. 10 - Why might amphotericin B affect the kidneys more...Ch. 10 - Antiparasitic drugs in the benzimidazole family...Ch. 10 - Prob. 11CTCh. 10 - Scientists have cultured bacteria isolated from...Ch. 10 - Prob. 13CTCh. 10 - Prob. 14CTCh. 10 - Enterococcus faecium is frequently resistant to...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1CM
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