ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS CHAPTER 15: QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 A+

ANTIMICROBIAL DRUGS CHAPTER 15: QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025 A+ antimicrobials - drugs against microbes, therapeutic compounds that kill microbes or inhibit their growth to prevent pathogenic action antimicrobial drugs (categorization) - based on the type of pathogen they target antibiotics/antibacterials - against bacteria antivirals - against viruses antiparasitic agents - against parasites antifungals - against fungi alexander fleming (1928) - noticed a plate of staphylococcus aureus was contaminated with mold, discovered penicillin zone of inhibition - The zone where bacteria can't grow around a given antibiotic. penicillin - first antibiotic tested clinically and mass produced spectrum of activity - range of microorganisms killed or inhibited