Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 7MC
Summary Introduction
Introduction:
Drugs that are used to treat the microbial infections are commonly referred to as antimicrobial agents. Antimicrobial agents differ in their mode of action, including the inhibitions of cell wall, protein and
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Chapter 10 Solutions
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
Ch. 10 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 10 - Some antimicrobial drugs are harmful to humans....Ch. 10 - Antibiotic Overkill A young woman was taking...Ch. 10 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 10 - Why is it incorrect to say that an individual...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1EDCSCh. 10 - Prob. 2CCSCh. 10 - Prob. 1MCCh. 10 - In a Kirby-Bauer susceptibility test, the presence...Ch. 10 - Prob. 3MC
Ch. 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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