Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134402772
Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 4CT
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To determine:
The reason that why less than 1% of known antibiotics have practical value in treatment of disease.
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The property of the antimicrobial agent to inhibit a pathogen is selective toxicity. All antimicrobial agents are selectively toxic to the pathogens so that they do not harm the host. The pathogens sometimes acquire resistance to one or more than one microbial agents.
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Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5th Edition)
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