Construct a paragraph or two describing the interrelationship among a bacterial pathogen, the affected host, and potential antimicrobial drugs in the development of an appropriate antimicrobial treatment. Pick a pathogen, suggest tests that should be performed on that pathogen to determine the specific drugs and give reasons why they would be appropriate. (Terminology to incorporate: narrow-spectrum, broad-spectrum, MIC, Kirby-Bauer, therapeutic index, selective toxicity, drug mechanism)

The answer is explained below showing interrelationship among a bacterial pathogen, the affected host, and potential antimicrobial drugs in the development of an appropriate antimicrobial treatment.

Explanation:

Bacteria live in multiple host to live their life and obtain food as well as nourishment from the host body. While some of the bacteria are useful to the host as they help in digestion or other functioning of the body but most of the bacteria causes several diseases to the host.

For example, Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacteria that causes tuberculosis in the human(host). In response, to disease, drugs(antibiotics) are given to the host. The drugs could be broad spectrum that can kill both gram positive and gram negative bacteria or narrow spectrum that can either kill gram positive or gram negative bacteria. Each drug have minimum concentration at which the drug is effective, it is known as minimum inhibitory concentration. The Kirby bauer test is used to see the antibiotic sensitivity. The antibiotics are effective against the specific proteins of the bacteria cell and known as selective toxicity

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