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Q: What are some examples of broad spectrum antibiotics?
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Is amoxicillin a broad spectrum antibiotic?

Yes, Neomycin is a broad spectrum antibiotic.It belongs to aminoglycoside group of antibiotics, acting at 30's sub unit of ribosome to inhibit protein synthesis.It is highly effective against wide variety of gram-negative bacteria and also covers some gram-positive bacteria.It is derived from a fungus namely streptomyces fradiae.


How do broad-spectrum antibiotics work?

The Broad Spectrum Antibiotics -are any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms.The great number of diverse antibiotics currently available can be classified in different ways, e.g., by their chemical structure, their microbial origin, or their mode of action.They are also frequently designated by their effective range. Tetracycline is the most widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics, are effective against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as against rickettsia (any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in the tissues of ticks, mites, and other arthropods, and cause disease when transmitted to man and other animals) and psittacosis-causing organisms. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is another broad spectrum antibiotic, effective in the treatment of mild infections of the urinary tract and sinuses. The medium-spectrum antibiotics bacitracin, the Erythromycin, penicillin, and the Cephalosporins (any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium) are effective primarily against Gram-positive bacteria, although the streptomycin group is effective against some Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Polymixin are narrow-spectrum antibiotics effective against only a few species of bacteria.


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antibiotics, pigments


What are some antibiotics that begin with the letter A?

Levaquin. (levofloxacin) typically used for UTI or pnemonia. But it does have a broad spectrum. no generics out or it yet. This is one strong antibiotic, and expensive!


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What diseases are cause by antibiotics?

You can get the pseudo-membranous enterocolitis due to use of broad spectrum antibiotics. You can get permanent deafness and/or vertigo and nephrotoxicity due to injudicious use of aminoglycosides like gentamicin, streptomycin, tobramycin, kanamicin and amikacin. You can get yellow coloured teeth due to use of tetracyclines during pregnancy and in children below the eight years of age. You can get thrush in mouth and in vagina due to use of some antibiotics.


How are bacteria in the large unstestine helpful to the human body?

The bacteria in the large intestine are very useful. You will not survive in the absence of these bacteria. Some times these bacteria are killed by broad spectrum antibiotics. The patient gets severe loose motion. The condition is called as pseudomembranous colitis.


Which is stronger tetracycline or amoxicillin?

Neither. They are about equal, but each one is more effective with different families of germs. If you have tick bite fever, tetracycline is the treatment of choice. Amoxycillin on the other hand is an excellent choice for respiratory infections such as bronchitis.The reason we have different antibiotics is because as germs differ, the antibiotics that kill them have to differ. Some antibiotics are "narrow spectrum" in that they will only kill a certain germ. Those are the best ones to use. Amoxycillin and tetracycline are "broad spectrum", meaning that they kill a range of germs. There are families of germs, and they respond to different antibiotics. You aren't going to expect a drug for a sore throat to cure leprosy.


If a person is taking antibiotics what might happen to the normal bacteria?

It depends on what the antibiotic is. A broad spectrum one will kill more than just the one causing the problem. A narrow spectrum will kill that one that it is aimed at but also some that are related to it. The best is to use one that fits exactly but that can be easier said than done. Many times the lower digestive tract will have to be repopulated.


What bacteria does erythromycin attack kill?

it kills aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and some gram-negative bacteria, its a broad spectrum antibiotic.


What are some examples of concave polygons in real life?

2 examples which immediately come to mind are a star and a cross, especially the plus sign. especially when the interior is broad.