Antimicrobial agents tend to destroy microbes, prevent their multiplication or growth, or prevent their:

A. becoming resistant
B. pathogenic action
C. developing into molds
D. synthesis in laboratories


b
Rationale: Antimicrobial agents tend to destroy microbes, prevent their multiplication or growth, or prevent their pathogenic action. There is little distinction today between the terms antibiotic and antimicrobial.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following is NOT one of the common characteristics of child abusers?

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A 35-year-old female is hospitalized for knee replacement surgery. Preoperative blood tests reveal a platelet count of 64 x 109/L. The surgery is postponed, and the platelet count is repeated two days later when it is 48 x 109/L

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