Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The antimicrobial agents have various mode of action to kill microbes. The four targets are cell wall, cytoplasmic content, genetic content, and proteins. One or more than one thing is targeted that leads to either killing of microbes or inactivation of microorganisms.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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