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CHAPTER 10 Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body:
Antimicrobial Drugs
Multiple Choice
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oval should extend to at least 0.75.
Short Answer
1. An ideal chemotherapeutic agent would be readily available, inexpensive, chemically
4. Although both human cells and bacterial pathogens contain ribosomes, those ribosomes
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9. Polyenes, azoles, allyamines, and polymyxin all act against the cytoplasmic membranes
Critical Thinking
1. HIV rapidly develops resistance to single antiviral agents, and single-agent treatments are
4. Many antibiotics act on bacteria that are not pathogenic, some are not suitable for
7.
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8. Adenosine arabinoside is activated by cellular enzymes and is, therefore, potentially
with cellular ion balances result in kidney function decline.
10. Tubulin polymerizes to form microtubules the elements forming the mitotic spindle and
12. Modern antimicrobials are largely based on compounds naturally produced by
14. The physician first makes the best possible identification of the infecting bacterium by
15. Bacteria are capable of horizontal transfer between cells and even genera of bacteria.
Concept Mapping
1. Mutation
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7. Beta-lactamase