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Penicillins and Cephalosporins

I. In Vitro

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Antibiotics

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Interpretation of the meaning of a term such as “mechanism of action” as applied to antimicrobial substances is certain to be highly variable and dependent to a considerable degree on the background and area of interest of the individual reader. To a classically trained microbiologist, morphological effects may be dominant and of the greatest significance while a biochemically minded individual will wish to know the nature of specific metabolic changes; a clinician interested in infectious diseases wishes to know what events are observable in the host and how these relate to the probable success or failure of his therapy.

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    David Gottlieb (Professor of Plant Pathology) & Paul D. Shaw (Associate Professor of Biochemistry) (Professor of Plant Pathology) &  (Associate Professor of Biochemistry)

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Flynn, E.H., Godzeski, C.W. (1967). Penicillins and Cephalosporins. In: Gottlieb, D., Shaw, P.D. (eds) Antibiotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38439-8_1

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