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How do you treat bacilli?
Infections with B. anthracis can be treated with β-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin, and others which are active against Gram-positive bacteria. Penicillin-resistant B. anthraciscan be treated with fluoroquinolones such as ciprofloxacin or tetracycline antibiotics such as doxycycline.
Why are broad-spectrum antibotics often used to treat infections caused by unidentified pathogens?
Broad-spectrum antibiotics are used to treat unidentified pathogens because they are active again gram positive and negative bacteria.Certain antibiotics can treat only gram negative or positive bacteria.When bacteria is unidentified doctors must choose an antibiotic that work for all types of bacteria.
What does antibactrial mean?
Active against bacteria.
Why good bacteria are important for your body?
Certain bacteria (the good bacteria) helps the body's immune system by fighting off the bad bacteria, and plays a major role in the digestive tract. That's one reason some people get diarrhea when taking antibiotics. The antibiotics kill the bad bacteria, but they also kill the good bacteria, as well. So for that reason, it's always a good idea to eat foods with active cultures, such as yogurt or buttermilk when taking antibiotics, because they replace the good bacteria back in the body. Actually, it's a good idea to eat foods with active cultures even when you're not taking antibiotics, because they will help your body's natural defenses against the bad bacteria.
What is antibiotics and his function?
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections.
What is antibiotics in microbiology?
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. It is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections, and antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections.
What kind of antibiotics are effective against anaerobic pathogens?
the lincosamindes, clindamycin and lincomycin, which are highly active against anaerobic pathogens
Is penicillin active against gram positive?
No, aminoglycocides are used
What is the antimicrobial activity of patchouli?
Patchouli oil was investigated for antimicrobial activity against a panel of ten human pathogenic bacteria and eight human pathogenic fungi. It showed a significant antimicrobial activity against all tested organisms compared to standard antibiotic Ampicillin. However, patchouli is more active against Gram positive than Gram negative bacteria.
What role have doctors played in the emergence of antibiotic restistance?
Patients often demand antibiotics when they have colds, flus, or other viral illnesses, even though antibiotics do nothing for these conditions. When doctors give in to these demands, they contribute to antibiotic resistance. It's important to understand how antibiotics work, and how bacteria respond to them. Each time an antibiotic is taken, bacteria respond by making adjustments in how they breed. It's much like watching a linebacker in a football game as he uses fast footwork to weave and sway to get around an opponent. As the bacteria changes how it produces, it "weaves and sways" and "goes around" the active ingredients in antibiotics. Each time a bacteria encounters that same bacteria, it now has new defenses to defeat the antibiotic. Since most antibiotics belong to "families" of antibiotics with similar properties, the defenses a bacteria creates against one antibiotic often will now defeat the entire "family" of similar antibiotics, kind of like how one football team (here a bacteria type) can defeat another football team (here a family of antibiotics). Since we need to know one or a different antibiotic will be able to defeat a certain bacteria, we need to limit how often we take any antibiotics.
What is the difference between penicilin and streptomycin?
Peniciilin is derived from Penicillium chrysogenum and is active against Gram-positive bacteria. It connects peptidoglycan strands by irreversibly interacting with transpeptidase and prohibits the last cell wall synthesis. Streptomycin-sulfate is derived from Streptomyces griseusan and is an aminoglycoside antibiotic. It is active against Gram-negative bacteria and Mycobacteria and inhibits initiation of the protein biosynthesis. Penicillin and Streptomycin are often used together.
Which is stronger pennicilin or amoxycillin?
The active ingredient in Augmentin (co-amoxiclav) that fights infection IS penicillin, so "stronger" is difficult to quantify. The advantage of Augmentin over penicillin is that it contains potassium clavulanate, which causes a large range of effectiveness against bacteria, including some which are seen as amoxicllin resistant.
