EBK MICROBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS: A CLINIC
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ISBN: 9781259293856
Author: Cowan
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Chapter 10, Problem 8MCQ
An antimicrobial drug with a _______ therapeutic index is a better choice than one with a ______ therapeutic index.
- a. low; high
- b. high; low
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Chapter 10 Solutions
EBK MICROBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS: A CLINIC
Ch. 10.1 - State the main goal of antimicrobial treatment.Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 1NPCh. 10.1 - Identify the sources for the most commonly used...Ch. 10.1 - Describe two methods for testing antimicrobial...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 10.2 - 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. 10.2 - 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. 9AYPCh. 10.3 - Discuss two main ways that microbes acquire...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 1MMCh. 10.3 - List five cellular or structural mechanisms that...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 21AYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 3NPCh. 10.4 - Distinguish between drug toxicity and allergic...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 23AYPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 2MMCh. 10.4 - Prob. 4NPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 5NPCh. 10 - Can you think of a situation in which it would be...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 10 - Prob. 1VCCh. 10 - Why does the penicillin group of antibiotics have...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 10 - Prob. 3CTCh. 10 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 10 - Prob. 4CTCh. 10 - Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through...Ch. 10 - Prob. 5CTCh. 10 - Treating malarial infections is theoretically...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 10 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 10 - An antimicrobial drug with a _______ therapeutic...
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