Antibiotics
, Antimicrobial
• Antimicrobial agents provide some of the most dramatic examples of
the advances of modern medicine. Many infectious diseases once
considered incurable and lethal are now amenable to treatment with
a few doses of antibiotics. The remarkably powerful and specific
activity of antimicrobial drugs is due to their selectivity for targets
that are either unique to prokaryote and fungal microorganisms or
much more important in these organisms than in humans.
, Antimicrobial
• A general term for drugs, chemicals, or other substances that either
kill or slow the growth of microbes. Among the antimicrobial agents
are antibacterial drugs, antiviral agents, antifungal agents, and
antiparasitic drugs.
, Antibiotics:
• Substances produced by some microorganisms (or by pharmaceutical
chemists) that kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms.
• Antibiotics are the chemical substances obtained from certain
microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) and are used to kill or inhibit the
growth of other pathogenic microorganisms without affecting the
host tissue.
, Antimicrobial
• Antimicrobial agents provide some of the most dramatic examples of
the advances of modern medicine. Many infectious diseases once
considered incurable and lethal are now amenable to treatment with
a few doses of antibiotics. The remarkably powerful and specific
activity of antimicrobial drugs is due to their selectivity for targets
that are either unique to prokaryote and fungal microorganisms or
much more important in these organisms than in humans.
, Antimicrobial
• A general term for drugs, chemicals, or other substances that either
kill or slow the growth of microbes. Among the antimicrobial agents
are antibacterial drugs, antiviral agents, antifungal agents, and
antiparasitic drugs.
, Antibiotics:
• Substances produced by some microorganisms (or by pharmaceutical
chemists) that kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms.
• Antibiotics are the chemical substances obtained from certain
microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) and are used to kill or inhibit the
growth of other pathogenic microorganisms without affecting the
host tissue.
