CHAPTER 8:

ANTIMIROBIAL
AGENTS

W.I.TAPAS

TRIGGER WARNING:
REQUIRES A LOT OF
HEALTHY BRAINCELLS
OBJECTIVES:

After studying the chapter,

the students shall be able to:
• explain the characteristics of an ideal
antimicrobial agent;
• classify antimicrobial agents based on their
mechanism of action;
• discuss the mechanisms by which
microorganisms develop antimicrobial
resistance;
IMAGINE THIS SCENARIO…

You’re newly assigned to a

patient not responding well
to an antibiotic therapy.
Because of the knowledge
you learned from this
chapter, you’re able to
detect what was wrong.

Imagine doing this

many times in the future.