antimicrobial drug

collocation in English

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antimicrobial
adjective
uk
/ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkrəʊ.bi.əl/us
/ˌæn.t̬i.maɪˈkroʊ.bi.əl/
able to destroy harmful microbes (= small living things that can ...
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drug
noun[C]
uk
/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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(Definition ofantimicrobialanddrugfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No consistent correlation between serotype andantimicrobialdrug-resistance pattern was found.
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The enzyme is absent in eukaryotes but found everywhere in prokaryotes, making alanine racemase a great target forantimicrobialdrugdevelopment.
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After 2 weeks of treatment, theantimicrobialdrugwas switched to oral ciprofloxacin; treatment was continued after dressing and debridement of the fasciotomy wound.
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Medication was prescribed to 18 (8.3 %) cases, nine of which received antimicrobial drugs.
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Testing for resistance to antimicrobial drugs.
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Twenty-three (13 %) cases received medication, and 6 of them were treated with antimicrobial drugs.
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There is currently no comprehensive national data available on the costs of antibiotic and antimicrobial drugs in the national health service.
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Persister cells have entered a non- or extremely slow-growing physiological state which makes them insensitive (refractory or tolerant) to the action of antimicrobial drugs.
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The ability of bacteria to decrease their susceptibility to antimicrobial drugs importantly affects both bacterial ecology and the treatment of infectious diseases.
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Some antimicrobial drugs have been shown to improve symptoms but do not eradicate the parasite.
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There are no other symptoms, and there is no response to treatment with either anti-inflammatory or antimicrobial drugs.
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Patients with septic shock are treated with antimicrobial drugs to treat the causative infection.
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By the 1950s and 1960s, the disease incidence was drastically reduced through improved public hygiene, vaccines and antimicrobial drugs.
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Microbes are the main source of antimicrobial drugs.
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Resistance is caused by newly acquired genetic traits (by mutation or horizontal gene transfer) that are heritable and confer the ability to grow at elevated concentrations of antimicrobial drugs.
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