Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
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Chapter 20, Problem 2MC
Penicillin has been modified to make derivatives that differ in all of the following except
a) spectrum of activity.
b) resistance to ß-lactamases.
c) potential for allergic reactions.
d) a and c.
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