Why would a sputum sample have been collected before antibiotic therapy was commenced?

Q: Give one example of selective toxicity used as an antimicrobial mechanism. Explain your answer

A: The selective toxicity of antibiotics is related to the effectiveness of the antibiotics against the…

Q: which antimicrobial drugs are produced naturally?

A: Antimicrobial drugs produced naturally are Biofilms. Biofilm is assemblage of surface -associated…

Q: When might a broad-spectrum antimicrobial drug be a good treatment choice?

A: broad-spectrum antibiotic is an antibiotic that specifically acts on the two major groups of…

Q: Explain application of microbiology in production of antibiotic.

A: Introduction : Microbiology can be described as the branch of science that deals with the study of…

Q: Discuss why it is difficult to treat wounds infected with toxinproducing bacteria.

A: The toxin can be defined as Bacterial toxins and they are the proteins that are capable of achieving…

Q: List four mechanisms that bacteria have developed through mutation to resist antimicrobial drugs

A: Antimicrobial drugs or antibiotics are the chemicals that can kill or slow the spread of bacteria.…

Q: If you spread one agar plate with a lawn of staphylococcus epidermis and the other with a virulent…

A: The Kirby-Bauer test: It is known as the disk diffusion antibiotic sensitivity test. It is a test in…

Q: What is the connection between certain antimicrobial drugs and superinfections?

A: A microorganism develops an adaptive response towards antimicrobial drugs and is called drug…

Q: has confirmed that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top global public health problem. Explain…

A: Antimicrobial resistance  is capabilities in microorganisms that change over time and no longer…

Q: What are the reasons behind antibiotic resistance

A: Antibiotics are used to cure bacteria-caused infections. When microbes evolve in reply to antibiotic…

Q: What are the 4 main targets of antimicrobials? Provide the rationale why each is a good target

A: An antimicrobial is an agent that destroys, or prevents the growth of, microorganisms. It is…

Q: Which type(s) of medium would be used in each scenario?a. isolating the growth of Streptococcus…

A: A culture medium, also called the growth medium, can be a liquid or solid medium that supports the…

Q: What are  potential antimicrobial drugs in the development of an appropriate antimicrobial

A: Antimicrobial drug is a medicine used to treat microbial infections. Antimicrobial is a general term…

Q: Discuss the rational for the use of Sulfonamide (Sufa drug) as an antimicrobial agent.

A: The rationale for the use of sulfonamide as an antimicrobial agent -The sulfonamides are a gathering…

Q: Why is it necessary to develop new generations of antimicrobial medications?

A: It is necessary to develop new generations of antimicrobial medications.

Q: Discuss the general principles of antibiotic therapy.

A: Therapy that can kill or stop the growth of microbes such as bacteria, fungi are called…

Q: name two antimicrobials and explain whether the organism was susceptible, intermediate, or…

A: We know, the Antibiotic prevent or stops the growth of microorganisms. Information on the minimum…

Q: A broad- spectrum antimicrobial drug would be a drug that attacks many different microbial sites.…

A: A broad-spectrum drug is an antibiotic that acts against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria.

Q: list 3 different mechanisms of antibacterial drugs. Example: acting on cell wall, cell membrane, etc

A: Antibacterial drugs are known to inhibit bacterial growth. Hence they are against ( anti) bacteria.…

Q: Consider the new bacterial threats. Why do you think we are having more antibiotic and…

A: Introduction: Antimicrobials are substances that kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms.…

Q: Resistance to antimicrobial agents is more commonly seen in hospital-acquired infections with…

A: Bacteria acquire drug resistance and spread within their population. Drug resistance in bacteria…

Q: True or false    panresistant organisms are only susceptible to the strongest of antibiotics

A: Antimicrobial resistance develops whenever bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve and no…

Q: If an antimicrobial drug does not exhibit selective toxicity, what might be a problem experienced by…

A: Antimicrobials These are the drugs used to kill the microbes causing some pathogenesis in the human…

Q: Describe some of the special strategies of antimicrobial therapy.

A: Antimicrobial drugs are chemicals that interfere with some specific microbial structure or function…

Q: Is UV treament more or less effective than disinfection when used against Saphylococcus aureus?

A: Saphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacterium that is found in the human nose, skin, and…

Q: how might you apply Kochs postulates to a pathogen that will not grow on culture media?

A: The organism which cause disease in its host is known as pathogen. Pathogen are those microorganisms…

Q: Describe some mechanisms of antibiotic action and antibioticresistance

A: Antibiotics:- The word Antibiotics consists of two words "anti" and "biotics" which means against…

Q: Create a sequence of history of antimicrobial agents,

A: Introduction An Antimicrobial Is A Substance That Kills Or Inhibits The Growth Of Bacteria.…

Q: List some Characteristics of the Ideal Antimicrobial Drug.

A: Antimicrobial medications are natural or manmade chemical compounds that inhibit or eliminate the…

Q: Suggest a possible mechanism for how a microbe that becomes resistant to an antimicrobial chemical…

A: Resistance bacteria  Those bacteria which survive and reproduce in the presence of antibiotic drug.

Q: Discuss how the use of antimicrobial agents selects for resistant microbes and explain how…

A: Antibiotic and antifungal use puts pressure on bacteria and fungi to adapt, which speeds up the…

Q: Which antimicrobial agents have the narrowest spectrum of action? antivirals…

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