at the attached table showing antimicrobial susceptibility of some strains of K.

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at the attached table showing antimicrobial susceptibility of some strains of K. pmeumoniae. From etermined resistance. Next, look at the table the information in the table, consider how the researchers d below. According to these results from tests in the laboratory, which antibiotics could be used to treat an infection by this microbe? Antibiotic 1 Antibiotic 2 MIC MBC MIC MBC 128 128 8 Strain A Strain B 16 32 2 32 A patient arrives with a wound infection caused by strain A. What treatment would you recommend? After the treatment that you proposed, the patient's infection continues to worsen. What are some reasons that the infection may not have responded to treatment? What do you propose trying next to treat this patient? You want to conduct an experiment to try some new approaches to treat infections caused by biofilms. -that might help in treating an infection involving a biofilm. Next, propose an b wol be effective, You need "

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MIC refers to minimum inhibitory concentration. That means the lowest concentration of that antibiotic which can inhibit the growth.

MBC refers to minimum bactericidal concentration. It means the lowest concentration of that antibiotic which kills that microbe.

So the one which has lower concentration is better.

Hence for strain A antibiotic 2 is better

For strain B antibiotic 1 is better.

So treatment for strain A will be antibiotic 2.

Reason that the infection has not gotten treated is the bacteria has got resistance to the antibiotic.

To treat this patient next some other antibiotic should be used.

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