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Concentration-dependent killing
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A property of some antibiotics, especially aminoglycosides and vancomycin, of achieving a relatively high, even if brief, plasma drug concentration, results in the most effective bacterial kill (see time-dependent killing). (p.595)
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Facultative anaerobic metabolism
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A property of certain bacteria (e.g. enterococci) that allows them to adapt to low tissue oxygen concentrations, and still thrive, even though they normally thrive in oxygen rich environments. (p. 595)
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