Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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Author: Cowan
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Chapter 10, Problem 2Q
Summary Introduction
To determine:
If the statement, “I must have become immune to the drug the doctor gave me” is valid or not, along with evidences for the same.
Introduction:
Many antibiotics are natural products of
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Ch. 10.1 - State the main goal of antimicrobial treatment.Ch. 10.1 - Identify the sources for the most commonly used...Ch. 10.1 - Describe two methods for testing antimicrobial...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 10.1 - NCLEX PREP 1. An RN is caring for a 26-year-old...Ch. 10.2 - Explain the concept of selective toxicity.Ch. 10.2 - List the five major targets of antimicrobial...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 10.2 - Distinguish between broad-spectrum and...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 9AYP
Ch. 10.2 - Explain the mode of action of penicillinases and...Ch. 10.2 - Identify two antimicrobials that act by inhibiting...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 12AYPCh. 10.2 - Identify one example of a fluoroquinolone.Ch. 10.2 - Describe the mode of action of drugs that target...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 15AYPCh. 10.2 - Prob. 16AYPCh. 10.2 - Explain why antiprotozoal and antihelminthic drugs...Ch. 10.2 - List the three major targets of action of...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 2NPCh. 10.3 - Discuss two main ways that microbes acquire...Ch. 10.3 - List five cellular or structural mechanisms that...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 21AYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 3NPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 1MMCh. 10.4 - Distinguish between drug toxicity and allergic...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 23AYPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 4NPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 5NPCh. 10 - Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2QCh. 10 - Prob. 3QCh. 10 - Prob. 4QCh. 10 - Why does the penicillin group of antibiotics have...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6QCh. 10 - Prob. 7QCh. 10 - Conduct research to find out why drugs blocking...Ch. 10 - Prob. 9QCh. 10 - Prob. 10QCh. 10 - You take a sample from a growth-free portion of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 12QCh. 10 - Treating malarial infections is theoretically...Ch. 10 - Can you think of a situation in which it would be...Ch. 10 - Prob. 15QCh. 10 - Prob. 16QCh. 10 - Prob. 17QCh. 10 - Prob. 18QCh. 10 - An antimicrobial drug with a _______ therapeutic...Ch. 10 - Prob. 20QCh. 10 - Prob. 21QCh. 10 - Prob. 1VC
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