Chapter 10.2, Problem 7AYP

Summary Introduction

To enlist:

The categories of drugs that are most selectively toxic, along with reasons.

Concept introduction:

Before being prescribed to patients, drugs should be tested for the level of toxicity that they cause in humans. An ideal antimicrobial drug should be highly toxic to the infectious microbe, and very mildly toxic to non-toxic at all to the infected human host.