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Infections — Foundations of Antimicrobial Agents + 5 more topics

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Course Syllabus

  1. Foundations of Antimicrobial Agents
  2. Antimicrobial Action and Classification
  3. Mechanisms Targeting Cell Wall Synthesis
  4. Mechanisms Targeting Protein Synthesis
  5. Other Antimicrobial Mechanisms and Principles
  6. Antimicrobial Administration, Side Effects & Resistance

Study Notes

Foundations of Antimicrobial Agents

They achieve this by targeting specific processes or structures that are essential for the microbe's survival but are either absent or very different in human cells. This is called selective toxicity. Without selective toxicity, the drugs would be too toxic for you.

Here are the main ways they work:

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