Module 10 - Antimicrobial Therapy - Activity 3
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Activity 3: Interactive Learning Resources
Selective Toxicity
- Why an important feature of antimicrobial agents?
- Read and review the information at http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/black13.htm"
Broad Spectrum and Narrow Spectrum Antimicrobials
- What are the pros and cons of each
- Read and review the information at http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/black13.htm
Carriers of the Disease
- What is a convalescent carrier of Salmonella typhi?
- What disease is this? How is it spread, avoided? What are the mechanisms of infection and cause of symptoms?
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/typhoidfever_g.htm
Antibiotic Resistance
- What is antibiotic resistance?
- Go to http://www.keepantibioticsworking.com/library/uploadedfiles/Antibiotic_Resistance_-_An_Emerging_Public_Hea.pdf and read about Antibiotic Resistance – an Emerging Public Health Crisis
- How can the spread of methicillin resistant Staph Aureus be prevented? Check out these sites:
- What is drug resistant TB?
- http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np23/en/index.html
- http://www.who.int/tb/challenges/mdr/en/index.html
- http://www.tballiance.org/why/mdr-tb.php
- Guidelines for Control of Antibiotic Resistant Organisms
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