Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach

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ISBN: 9781259709227

Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 10.2, Problem 11AYP

Identify two antimicrobials that act by inhibiting protein synthesis.

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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach

Ch. 10.1 - State the main goal of antimicrobial treatment.Ch. 10.1 - Identify the sources for the most commonly used...Ch. 10.1 - Describe two methods for testing antimicrobial...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 4AYP Ch. 10.1 - NCLEX PREP 1. An RN is caring for a 26-year-old...Ch. 10.2 - Explain the concept of selective toxicity.Ch. 10.2 - List the five major targets of antimicrobial...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 7AYP Ch. 10.2 - Distinguish between broad-spectrum and...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 9AYP

Ch. 10.2 - Explain the mode of action of penicillinases and...Ch. 10.2 - Identify two antimicrobials that act by inhibiting...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 12AYP Ch. 10.2 - Identify one example of a fluoroquinolone.Ch. 10.2 - Describe the mode of action of drugs that target...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 15AYP Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 16AYP Ch. 10.2 - Explain why antiprotozoal and antihelminthic drugs...Ch. 10.2 - List the three major targets of action of...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 2NP Ch. 10.3 - Discuss two main ways that microbes acquire...Ch. 10.3 - List five cellular or structural mechanisms that...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 21AYP Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 3NP Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 1MM Ch. 10.4 - Distinguish between drug toxicity and allergic...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 23AYP Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 4NP Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 5NP Ch. 10 - Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 3Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 4Q Ch. 10 - Why does the penicillin group of antibiotics have...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 7Q Ch. 10 - Conduct research to find out why drugs blocking...Ch. 10 - Prob. 9Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 10Q Ch. 10 - You take a sample from a growth-free portion of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 12Q Ch. 10 - Treating malarial infections is theoretically...Ch. 10 - Can you think of a situation in which it would be...Ch. 10 - Prob. 15Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 16Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 17Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 18Q Ch. 10 - An antimicrobial drug with a _______ therapeutic...Ch. 10 - Prob. 20Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 21Q Ch. 10 - Prob. 1VC

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Solution Summary: The author explains the two antimicrobials that act by inhibiting protein synthesis. Tetracyclines and macrolides inhibit the translocation of protein subunits during the translation process in bacteria.

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