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    A bacteriostatic agent or bacteriostat, abbreviated Bstatic, is a biological or chemical agent that stops bacteria from reproducing, while not necessarily...
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  • between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic. Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing. However...
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    vomiting, loss of appetite, and skin rashes. It is a sulfonamide and bacteriostatic. It resembles a component of folic acid. It prevents folic acid synthesis...
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  • although they may be bacteriostatic with some organisms. As of 2004, the distinction between bactericidal and bacteriostatic agents appeared to be clear...
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    zinc. It has fungistatic (inhibiting the division of fungal cells) and bacteriostatic (inhibiting bacterial cell division) properties and is used in the treatment...
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    metal form and in compounds as pigments. Copper compounds are used as bacteriostatic agents, fungicides, and wood preservatives. Copper is essential to all...
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    antimicrobial chemotherapy. "Antibacterials" include bactericides, bacteriostatics, antibacterial soaps, and chemical disinfectants, whereas antibiotics...
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    drugs metabolised by this system, e.g., warfarin. Erythromycin displays bacteriostatic activity or inhibits growth of bacteria, especially at higher concentrations...
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    may have unintended consequences. Researchers have discovered that bacteriostatic silver nanoparticles used in socks to reduce foot odor are released...
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    return to bubbles, effectively fluffing up the cream. Nitrous oxide is bacteriostatic (it inhibits bacteria growth), so a charged cream dispenser can be kept...
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  • is not true. Salicylic acid works as a keratolytic, comedolytic, and bacteriostatic agent, causing the cells of the epidermis to shed more readily, opening...
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    surgical lubricants are thicker, sterile gels, typically containing a bacteriostatic agent. Water-based personal lubricants are water-soluble and are the...
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  • agent that kills microorganisms (microbicide) or stops their growth (bacteriostatic agent). Antimicrobial medicines can be grouped according to the microorganisms...
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  • inhibit them Bactericide, an agent that kills bacteria populations Bacteriostatic agent, an agent that does not kill bacteria populations but inhibits...
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    para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) by the enzyme dihydropteroate synthase. Bacteriostatic agents such as sulfonamides target dihydropteroate synthetase. The effect...
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  • Type Use Bacteriostatic water for injection Diluent for ophthalmic and multiple-dose injections Sterile water for inhalation Diluent for inhalation therapy...
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    unwanted pregnancy. Doxycycline, like other tetracycline antibiotics, is bacteriostatic. It works by preventing bacteria from reproducing through the inhibition...
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    Both glycerol and ethanol are viable preserving agents. Glycerol is bacteriostatic in its action, and ethanol is bactericidal in its action. Glycerin,...
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    are observed. Salicylic acid works as a keratolytic, comedolytic and bacteriostatic agent, causing the cells of the epidermis to shed more readily, opening...
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    3389/fpls.2021.714763. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 8505677. PMID 34650576. Bacteriostatic effect of flavonoids isolated from leaves of Psidium guajava on fish...
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    Tylosin is a macrolide antibiotic and bacteriostatic feed additive used in veterinary medicine. It has a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive...
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    No disinfection treatment is permitted, nor is the addition of any bacteriostatic agents.[citation needed] A review by the World Health Organization found...
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    cell walls. At low concentrations of chlorhexidine, this results in a bacteriostatic effect; at high concentrations, membrane disruption results in cell...
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    leading cause of tooth decay. Low concentration fluoride ions act as bacteriostatic therapeutic agent and high concentration fluoride ions are bactericidal...
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  • Fusidium is a genus of fungi. The bacteriostatic antibiotic fusidic acid is derived from Fusidium coccineum. "Fusidium - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life"...
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    Diprivan contains EDTA, a common chelation agent, that also acts alone (bacteriostatically against some bacteria) and synergistically with some other antimicrobial...
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    Sometimes, anticoagulant rodenticides are potentiated by an antibiotic or bacteriostatic agent, most commonly sulfaquinoxaline. The aim of this association is...
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    half-life allows a large single dose to be administered and yet maintain bacteriostatic levels in the infected tissue for several days. Following a single dose...
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    Antimicrobial pharmacology Antimicrobial pharmacodynamics Minimum inhibitory concentration Bacteriostatic Minimum bactericidal concentration Bactericide...
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    phosphate anhydrous, dibasic sodium phosphate dried, and lactose hydrous. Bacteriostatic water added as diluent with Benzyl alcohol2 added as a preservative...
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