You have given a dosage of an antibiotic to a patient for his infection, but the patient is not getting any better. The MIC tests shows that the drug that you prescribed, at the dosage that was given, should work against this particular strain of bacterium. What do you think might be the problem?

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The drug might be metabolized or broken down in the patient's body before reaching effective concentrations at the site of infection, rendering it less effective or ineffective despite the bacterium being susceptible to it in vitro (as indicated by the MIC tests).

You Have Given a Dosage of an Antibiotic to a Patient