Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.4, Problem 5NP
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While treating an infection caused by a microbe, the drug that is administered has some effects on human tissues also. Many people taking antimicrobial drugs experience some kind of side effects to it. Drugs with side effects can either directly damage the host tissues by toxicity, or by allergic reactions. The damage caused can be highly severe of just cosmetic.
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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. 4AYPCh. 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. 7AYPCh. 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. 12AYPCh. 10.2 - Identify one example of a fluoroquinolone.Ch. 10.2 - Describe the mode of action of drugs that target...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 15AYPCh. 10.2 - Prob. 16AYPCh. 10.2 - Explain why antiprotozoal and antihelminthic drugs...Ch. 10.2 - List the three major targets of action of...Ch. 10.2 - Prob. 2NPCh. 10.3 - Discuss two main ways that microbes acquire...Ch. 10.3 - List five cellular or structural mechanisms that...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 21AYPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 3NPCh. 10.3 - Prob. 1MMCh. 10.4 - Distinguish between drug toxicity and allergic...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 23AYPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 4NPCh. 10.4 - Prob. 5NPCh. 10 - Microbial resistance to drugs is acquired through...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2QCh. 10 - Prob. 3QCh. 10 - Prob. 4QCh. 10 - Why does the penicillin group of antibiotics have...Ch. 10 - Prob. 6QCh. 10 - Prob. 7QCh. 10 - Conduct research to find out why drugs blocking...Ch. 10 - Prob. 9QCh. 10 - Prob. 10QCh. 10 - You take a sample from a growth-free portion of...Ch. 10 - Prob. 12QCh. 10 - Treating malarial infections is theoretically...Ch. 10 - Can you think of a situation in which it would be...Ch. 10 - Prob. 15QCh. 10 - Prob. 16QCh. 10 - Prob. 17QCh. 10 - Prob. 18QCh. 10 - An antimicrobial drug with a _______ therapeutic...Ch. 10 - Prob. 20QCh. 10 - Prob. 21QCh. 10 - Prob. 1VC
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