Answer to Question 1
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Rationale 1:Acquired resistance is an infection that is resistant to conventional antibiotics.
Rationale 2:Superinfectionis an adverse effect of anti-infective therapy and does not have significant antifungal resistance.
Rationale 3:There is a phenomenon of acquired resistance.
Rationale 4:Antibiotic coverage is also referred to as antibacterial, anti-infective, and antimicrobial.
Global Rationale: Antibiotics help promote the appearance of drug-resistant bacterial strains. These drug-resistant bacteria are then free to grow faster because they are no longer competing for food with neighboring bacteria that were killed by the antibiotics. Soon the patient develops an infection that is resistant to conventional antibiotics.
Answer to Question 2
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Rationale 1:A pathogen is an organism capable of causing disease in humans.
Rationale 2:Pathogenic organisms include bacteria, viruses, protozoan pathogens, multicellular parasites, and fungi.
Rationale 3: Antibiotics are effective in controlling bacterial infections in humans.
Rationale 4: A virulent pathogen can cause an infection with very small number.
Global Rationale: An organism that can cause disease in humans is called a pathogen. Human pathogens include viruses, bacteria, fungi, unicellular organisms (protozoans), and multicellular animals.
Nurse examining and measuring hematuria sample from client with a UTI
Part of a written prescription prescribing an antibiotic for a dental infection.
Using small, circular strokes, exfoliate the client’s neck and back.
Measuring the client’s weight with a standard platform scale
Measuring the client’s blood pressure
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