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| Specific chemicals able to seek out and destroy specific disease organisms in infected tissues without harming those tissues |
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| nonspecific enzyme that breaks down cell walls in gram-positive bacteria. |
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Synthetic Agents
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Antibiotics |
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Definition
| Two groups of antimicrobial agents: |
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Definition
| Drugs like Salvarsan and Prontosil, which are made (synthesized) in the pharmaceutical laboratory |
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Definition
| Drugs like penicillin, which are products of or derived from the metabolism of living microorganisms. These agents work to kill or inhibit living organisms. |
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Definition
| refers to the concentration of the drug causing harm to the host. |
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Term
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Definition
| refers to the concentration of that drug that effectvely destroys or eliminates the pathogen from the host. |
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Term
Influenza
Adenovirus/ Coronavirus
Rhinovirus
Parainfluenza
RSV |
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Definition
| Pneumotropic Viral Diseases |
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Term
Papillomavirus
Poxvirus-variola
Herpes virus Varcella-zoster
Herpes Simplex
Rubeola
Rubella
Mumps- paramyxovirus |
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Definition
| Dermotrophic Viral Disease |
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