Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 10SA
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The differences in drug action of synergists and antagonists.
Introduction:
Different antimicrobial drugs are effective against a wide variety of microbes. The pathogens sometimes acquire resistance to one or more than one microbial agents. Multiple drug resistance and cross resistance are the types of resistance seen in pathogens against antimicrobial drugs.
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Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Ch. 10 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 10 - Some antimicrobial drugs are harmful to humans....Ch. 10 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 10 - Why is it incorrect to say that an individual...Ch. 10 - Prob. 1CCSCh. 10 - Prob. 1EDCSCh. 10 - Prob. 1MCCh. 10 - Prob. 2MCCh. 10 - Prob. 3MCCh. 10 - Which of the following statements is relevant in...
Ch. 10 - Prob. 5MCCh. 10 - Multiple-drug-resistant microbes _____. a. are...Ch. 10 - Prob. 7MCCh. 10 - Prob. 8MCCh. 10 - Prob. 9MCCh. 10 - What specific test for antimicrobial efficacy is...Ch. 10 - What characteristics would an ideal...Ch. 10 - Contrast narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum drugs....Ch. 10 - Why is the fact that drug Z destroys the NAM...Ch. 10 - Prob. 4SACh. 10 - Prob. 6SACh. 10 - Prob. 7SACh. 10 - Prob. 8SACh. 10 - Compare and contrast the actions of polyenes,...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10SACh. 10 - Prob. 1CTCh. 10 - Prob. 2CTCh. 10 - Prob. 3CTCh. 10 - Prob. 4CTCh. 10 - Prob. 5CTCh. 10 - Even though aminoglycosides such as gentamicin can...Ch. 10 - Prob. 7CTCh. 10 - Prob. 8CTCh. 10 - Prob. 9CTCh. 10 - Antiparasitic drugs in the benzimidazole family...Ch. 10 - Prob. 11CTCh. 10 - Scientists have cultured bacteria isolated from...Ch. 10 - Prob. 14CTCh. 10 - Enterococcus faecium is frequently resistant to...
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