Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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Chapter 10, Problem 5SA
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Support or negate the statement (cells became resistant by antimicrobial agents).
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Microbial diseases are treated with antimicrobial drugs. The antimicrobial drugs are categorized based on the microbes that they act mainly against like antiprotozoal, antibiotics, antiviral, and antifungal drugs. The antiviral drugs are used specifically to treat the viruses.
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Pearson eText Bauman Microbiology with Diseases by Body Systems -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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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