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How do individual pathogens develop resistance?
Individual pathogens can develop resistance to antimicrobial drugs through several mechanisms. These include acquiring genes that code for drug resistance, mutations that render the drug targets less susceptible to the drugs, and the ability to pump out or destroy the drugs. These adaptations occur through genetic changes that give the pathogens a survival advantage and allow them to evade the action of the drugs.
What is MLs in antimicrobial drugs?
An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. They classified according to their function. Agents that kill microbes are called microbicidal, while those that merely inhibit their growth are called microbiostatic.
Definition of narrow spectrum of activity?
antimicrobial drugs that will only work on a narrow range of pathogens, ex: acyclovir only works on viruses, mefloquine only works on protozoa that cause malaria.
Is an antimicrobial drug useful if it prevents growth of a pathogen but does not kill it?
antimicrobial drug means antibiotic,mostly it will kill other pathogens and do not harm it self so i think antimicrobial drug is useful to prevent the pathogen and the disease. but while thinking the other side it may be harmful because the corresponding organism can survive and can also cause other diseases related to the corresponding organism so its useful and also harmful.
The antimicrobial drugs with the broadest spectrum of activity are?
tetracycline
What organ would be the hardest to treat with antimicrobial drugs?
Brain
Can an antimicrobial solution kill ringworm?
Lysol will not kill ringworm according to Lysol.
What are the applications for nanoparticles?
nanoprticles is use as antimicrobial agent, drugs, sensors and so on
What side effects do antimicrobial drugs have?
they have hunders of them so do not take nonne of all
What is the most limited group of antimicrobial agents?
Antiviral drugs are the most limited.
What is additive interactions?
An additive response is one in which the antimicrobial effect of the combination of drugs is equal to the sum of the effects of the two drugs alone.
What engulfs pathogens?
Phagocytes kill pathogens by engulfing them. hope that's helped!
