Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12.1, Problem 4AYP
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To define:
The therapeutic index and also to identify whether a high or low index is preferable in a drug.
Concept introduction:
Antimicrobial agents are commonly used to treat microbial infections. The therapeutic index defines the ratio of the dose of the drug which is lethal or toxic to humans to its median effective dose.
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 12.1 - State the main goal of antimicrobial treatment.Ch. 12.1 - Identify sources of the most commonly used...Ch. 12.1 - Summarize two methods for testing antimicrobial...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 12.2 - Prob. 5AYPCh. 12.2 - Describe the five major targets of antimicrobial...Ch. 12.2 - Identify which categories of drugs are most...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 12.3 - Trace the development of penicillin...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 10AYP
Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 11AYPCh. 12.3 - Prob. 12AYPCh. 12.3 - Prob. 13AYPCh. 12.3 - Identify the cellular target of quinolones, and...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 15AYPCh. 12.3 - Prob. 16AYPCh. 12.3 - Prob. 17AYPCh. 12.3 - Prob. 18AYPCh. 12.3 - Describe two major modes of action of antiviral...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 20AYPCh. 12.4 - Prob. 21AYPCh. 12.4 - Discuss at least three novel antimicrobial...Ch. 12.5 - Distinguish between drug toxicity and allergic...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 24AYPCh. 12 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 12 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 12 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 12 - Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through...Ch. 12 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 12 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 12 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 12 - Which of the following modes of action would be...Ch. 12 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 12 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 12 - Prob. 11TFCh. 12 - Prob. 12TFCh. 12 - Biofilms are difficult to treat and do not always...Ch. 12 - Prob. 14TFCh. 12 - Prob. 15TFCh. 12 - Construct a paragraph describing the...Ch. 12 - Prob. 2CTQCh. 12 - Antibiotic-resistance genes, as well as other...Ch. 12 - Prob. 4CTQCh. 12 - What is the significance of the bottom row in...Ch. 12 - Figure 12.5. Where could penicillinase affect each...Ch. 12 - From chapter 6, process figure 6.14a. Describe as...Ch. 12 - Prob. 1CM
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