Summary Chapter 10_ Antibacterial Drugs-Mechanism of Action (Levinson 17th Ed)
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Medical Microbiology And Immunology
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Medical Microbiology And Immunology
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Review of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Seventeenth Edition
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Chapter 10: Antibacterial Drugs: Mechanism of Action
Negative effects of widespread antibiotic use:
1. Multidrugresistant pathogens
2. Reduced efficacy o
3. Rising rates of Clostridioides difficile colitis
Hospital associated infections, many of which are caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Imp points of this chapter:
Cultures should be sent prior to starting antibiotics so that the drugs will not reduce the
likelihood of isolating the causative organism.
Selective toxicity (i.e., selective inhibition of the growth of the microorganism without damage
to the host)
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