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Antibiotics fight infections by?
They Kill Bacteria
How did antibiotics change the way you fight disease?
antibiotics kill harmful bacteria
The medicines that kill bacteria are called?
Antibiotics. Antibiotics work by killing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria, helping the body fight off bacterial infections.
What is the definition of antibiotics?
Drugs that fight bacteria. Very good for when you're sick.
Why won't som antibiotics cure bacterial?
One possible reason could be that the bacteria has some how become resistant to the antibiotics used to fight it. If you take a certain antibiotic often, your body will start to become immune to its effects. Then when that antibiotic is needed to fight a bacteria, your body no longer registers the antibiotics as a way of killing the bacteria.
What antibiotic is not bactericidal?
Antibiotics that are not bactericidal are called bacteriostatic antibiotics. These drugs work by inhibiting the growth and reproduction of bacteria rather than directly killing them. Examples include tetracyclines, macrolides, and sulfonamides.
Scientists develop antibiotics to fight bacterial diseases Which statement correctly summarizes how antibiotics work?
They interrupt processes vital to the bacteria.
Why do antibodies work to kill bacteria but not viruses?
bacteria is complit cell or contain cellular material hence specific antibody riquar as compair to virus is difrance
What are antibiotics viruses or Monera?
Antibiotics are products made to fight bacteria. The word means anti- (against) -bio (life). Since viruses are not alive, antibiotics cannot harm them.
Can a viruses be cured using antibiotics?
Yes. But only by antiviral antibiotics, not antibacterial or antifungal or antiprotozoal antibiotics. Most antibiotics are antibacterial: such as penicillin, sulfa, cipro, rocephin, etc. The Herpes Simplex virus is a virus that can be attacked by an antibiotic, such as acyclovir. Just as with antibacterial antibiotics, antiviral antibiotics will become less effective over time as the viruses mutate to become more resistant. Therefore, these antibiotics should be used as judiciously as the other types of antibiotics.
What is a substance that can be obtained from bacteria or fungi and can be used as a drug to fight pathogenic bacteria?
The answer to this question would be: Antibiotic
What are two three types of medicines that fight pathogens?
There are multiple "drugs" (not medicine) that kill pathogens. They are known as antibiotics. The most common is from the Menicillin family. Normally the most prescribed is penicillin that was discovered by accident during microbiology experiments. Antibiotics kill bacteria in the body helping it to fight infections. They kill all bacteria and can kill healthy bacteria that the body needs. They cannot kill viruses which are another form of pathogen.
