Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 8Q
Summary Introduction

To explain:

The nonselective toxicity of most of the antimicrobials that target protein function to the microbes they affect.

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The antibiotics are the most common form of antimicrobials. Some non-selective antibiotics retard the functioning of the protein. They include erythromycin, chloramphenicol, oxazolidinones, and clindamycin.

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