Antibiotics what is antibiotics
About antibiotics:-
These are the chemical produced by micro organisms like bacteria, moulds, etc. These are capable of inhibiting or destroying the growth of disease causing microorganisms . These are used against many infactioin caused by various gram positive bacteria and are also used to treat Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Sorethroat ,etc .
Example- Solvarsan is used in the treatment of syphilis , sulphonamides and derivatives,viz,sulphapyridine, sulphathiazol, sulphadiazin, sulphaguanidin,
sulphaacetamide. Antibiotics have either Vidal effects or a static effects on microbes , Bacteriostatic , Bactericidal , Viz.
Bactericidal - penicillin , afloxacin, etc .
Bacteriostatic - Erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol etc .
Chlorambucil is used in the treatment of leukaemia, Amphicillin, streptomycin, etc used as antibiotics.