Microbiology: An Introduction
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 4R
Explain how drugs that bind each of the following would affect pathogenicity:
- a. iron in the host’s blood
- b. Neisseria gonorrhoeae fimbriae
- c. Streptococcus pyogenes M protein
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