Antimicrobial agents, particularly antibiotics are the most significant class of pharmaceuticals and are one of…
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
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Sterile pharmaceutical products are defined as sensitive pharmaceutical products that should be free from living micro-organisms,…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Pharmaceutical Microbiology
CONTROL OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
by DrChikaAntibiotic resistance knows no border of any country since there is free movement of both…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Pharmaceutical Microbiology
IMPACT AND COST OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ECONOMY OF A NATION
by DrChikaAntimicrobial agents (antibiotics in particular) have helped countless numbers of people worldwide owing to their…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Pharmaceutical Microbiology
FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ANTIBIOTIC (ANTIMICROBIAL) RESISTANCE
by DrChikaAntibiotic resistance is a global health problem that bedevils our health sector and threatens our…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Pharmaceutical Microbiology
SPECIFIC MECHANISMS OF ACQUIRING RESISTANCE BY BACTERIA/MICROBIAL PATHOGENS
by DrChikaAn antibiotic has to go through a number of steps in order to exert its…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Pharmaceutical Microbiology
MODE (MECHANISMS) OF TRANSFER OF RESISTANCE GENES
by DrChikaAntibiotic resistant bacteria owe their drug insensitivity and ingenuity in developing resistance against our therapeutic…
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Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramPharmaceutical Microbiology
ANTIMICROBIAL (ANTIBIOTIC) RESISTANCE: definition, selective pressure and clonal selection
by DrChikaAntibiotic or antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a phenomenon that occurs when bacteria are not killed…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Pharmaceutical Microbiology
TYPES OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
by DrChikaThe resistance of a microbial cell to the potent action of antimicrobial agents or antibiotics…
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Culture mediaAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramPharmaceutical Microbiology
Chromatic Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) agar
by DrChikaChromatic VRE is a selective and differential chromogenic medium used for the qualitative and presumptive detection…