Is it as effective to take two antibiotics sequentially as it is to take them simultaneously, as long as the total length of time that they are both taken is the same? Explain.

Q: Why are antibiotics important ? Include source/website used.

A: Source used: Internet Antibiotics are the medicine that fight infection caused by bacteria in humans…

Q: Name TWO antibiotics that are commonly found to cause superinfection What are the intended purposes…

A: Superinfection is the process by which a cell that has formerly been infected by one virus gets…

Q: Given that both human cells and pathogens synthesize proteins at ribosomal sites, how can…

A: Microbes are significant because they have shaped the history of our planet. Some microorganisms are…

Q: What is penicillin exposure??

A: Penicillin is an antibiotic, which is derived from Penicillium molds. It is used to fight against a…

Q: Are the bacteria that cause Lyme disease likely to develop antibiotic resistance? Why or why not

A: Antibiotic resistance refers to the phenomenon in which certain bacteria and fungi develop…

Q: What type of antiviral drugs are used for influenza virus infection? How does it work the drug?

A: The respiratory infection caused by the influenza virus is called influenza. It causes fever, severe…

Q: what are the steps to reconstituting the antibiotics

A: Question is related to drug calculation and also asked about how to reconstitute antibiotic.…

Q: Which phase of cell growth is disrupted by antimetabolites? Explain how folate functions as…

A: Antimetabolites are the cytotoxic type of drug because they kill cells, they done their work by…

Q: When bacteria from a throat swab are streaked on blood agar, why is the agar stabbed several times…

A: The initial identification of the streptococcal and enterococcal species is based on their hemolytic…

Q: Why are b- lactam antibiotics only bactericidal to growing bacteria?

A: Beta-lactam antibiotics are the antibiotics that are bactericidal, which means they kill bacteria.…

Q: Why is it better for a drug to be microbicidal than microbistatic?

A: Any substance which is produced by naturally, artificially or through synthetic origin that kills or…

Q: In what cellular process does the drug target play a role?

A: Cells are separated from their surroundings by the cell membrane.

Q: what are two broad classifications of antibiotics in terms of their ability to kill or inhibit?

A: Antibiotics are antimicrobial substances that are effective against bacteria. Antibiotic medications…

Q: why is peptidoglycan synthesis inportant in antibiotic activity? why do antibiotics not interfere…

A: Answer: PEPTIDOGLYCAN : It is a polymer which is made up of sugars and amino acids thats forms the…

Q: How do the cytochrome P450 proteins affect drug responses?Give two examples.

A: Cytochrome P450  is an enzyme.

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of drug delivery systems that are based on bacterial or…

A: A drug delivery system is a special form of drug delivery system where the medicament is selectively…

Q: What are the primary medical practices that result in antimicrobial drug resistance? How can these…

A: This problem has resulted because of the increasing use of antibiotics and antimalarials;…

Q: Why are antimicrobials only directly effective against bacteria and what is the control on the…

A: Antimicrobials are agents that either kill microorganisms (microbicidal) or stop their growth…

Q: Using your knowledge of the biology of bacteria and viruses, explain as to which is more difficult…

A: Few important points about bacteria are given below: Bacteria are microscopic prokaryotic organism…

Q: Why are gram-positive bacteria typically more resistant than gram-negative bacteria to…

A: Bacteria are found everywhere. They can survive almost every where including bottom of oceans, our…

Q: Which pathogen is most likely to be treated with antibiotics?

A: Antibiotics are a particular type of medicine that helps stop infections caused by bacteria. They…

Q: Explain what are antibiotics?

A: The bacteria is the unicellular prokaryotic organism that exists in soil, water, plants, animals,…

Q: Why do you think are IV solutions given to a patient?

A: Intravenous fluid therapy involves infusion of several products such as intravenous solutions,…

Q: What is the basis of determining a microorganism in being susceptible or resistant to a specific…

A: Microorganisms are tiny living creatures that are not visualized by the naked eye. They should be…

Q: Why are certain gram-negative bacteria more resistant than gram-positive bacteria to antimicrobials…

A: Gram-negative bacteria are characterized by the presence of thin peptidoglycan cell wall. The…

Q: With the help of two (2) examples, define antibiotics

A: Antibiotics are widely used to treat certain infections cause by bacteria.

Q: Name the five mechanisms of action we utilize to fight microorganisms and list one antibacterial…

A: Antibacterial drugs are defined as chemicals or chemical substance obtained from a biological source…

Q: Antibiotics are termed broad spectrum if they inhibit both Gram negative and Gram positive bacteria.…

A: Bacteria are microorganism that most commonly occur in the soil, air, water and in adverse…

Q: What is meant by ‘broad spectrum antibiotics’?

A: Antibiotics are also called antibacterial and are the medications that slow or destroy bacterial…

Q: What do you mean by the term "Antibiotic resistance" ? Use your own words to explain

A: Antibiotics are the chemical substances that used to stop or destroy the activity of various micro…

Q: Why are gram-negative bacteria more resistant than gram-positive bacteria to the cytoplasmic target…

A: Antibiotics are a type of microbial substances which are active against bacterial cells and it is…

Q: How long does penicillin take to kill infection?

A: Penicillin is a type of antibiotics and they are used to treat bacterial infections. They kill or…

Q: Why do most antibacterial drugs not destroy human cells?

A: Antibiotic A chemical substance that inhibits the growth of microorganism by altering the…

Q: how does protein binding affect the drug action

A: Many drug molecules interact with the plasma protein and tissue proteins or with other important…

Q: Which of these antibiotics would do the best job as a broad spectrum antibiotic?

A: Broad spectrum antibiotic  These antibiotics have effect on numerous different type of bacteria and…

Q: What are antimicrobial peptides?

A: Introduction Short strands of amino acids connected by peptide bonds are called peptides.…

Q: Why are antibiotics important ? Why do we need them when we are ill? Include website/source used.

A: Why are antibiotics important?

Q: With some level of toxic shock syndrome caused by the superantigen produced by Staphylococcus…

A: Staphylococcus aureus - It is round shaped, gram positive bacteria, member of Firmicutes, generally…

Q: What are some of the disadvantages of using natural penicillin for treatment of infections?

A: Antibiotics are antimicrobial substances that control or inhibit the growth of microorganisms,…

Q: In this case, bacteria were introduced to the patient’s muscles through an injection. How else might…

A: The infection of bone and muscles are relatively rare because they are present deep inside the body.…

Q: What is the relationship between the zone of inhibition and antibiotic concentration and what is the…

A: The zone of inhibition is a circular area around the spot of the antibiotic in which the bacteria…

Q: Why might you expect a small dose of puromycin to be less effective in repressing bacterial growth…

A: Introduction: Bacteria are little single-celled organisms. These microbes are discovered wherever on…

Q: Define/Explain What are antibiotics?

A: The word antibiotic is derived from the Greek roots anti and bios . Anti means against and bios…

Q: Which of the following groups of antimicrobial drugs selectively targets bacterial cell wall…

A: Antibiotics are the medicines which are used to cure infections which are caused by bacteria. These…

Q: What are broad and narrow spectrum antibiotics?

A: Antibiotics are antimicrobial substances produced by certain microorganisms such as bacteria and…

Clinical Pharmacology

Pharmacology is a discipline of medicine that studies how medications interact with the systems and processes of living organisms, focusing on drug action mechanisms as well as therapeutic and other purposes.