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What does antibiotics means?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 2/21/2022
  • anti - against
  • biotic - life, specifically bacteria
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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.


What are problems with antibiotics?

antibiotics are really essential for treatment but some antibiotics cause side effects can be of any type it may be terotogenic which means you should not be given in pregnancy there are so many other type of allergic reactions are associated with antibiotics but it is necessary to give antibiotics


Why should't doctores over prescribe antibiotics?

Because the organisms that the antibiotics kill (to make you better) evolve resistance to the antibiotics when they are exposed to them. This means that the more the exposure (prescribing) the faster resistance develops. Antibiotics should therefore ONLY be used when really needed and taken EXACTLY as they are meant to. Stopping a dose of antibiotics before a full course of treatment is worse than over prescribing.


What is an mrsa?

mrsa means multiple resistant staphylococus aureus. Is a bacteria which is resistant to several antibiotics


What cells make antibiotics?

Antibiotics are primarily produced by certain microorganisms, particularly bacteria and fungi. Notable examples include the genus Streptomyces, which are soil-dwelling bacteria that produce a wide range of antibiotics, and the fungus Penicillium, which produces penicillin. These microorganisms synthesize antibiotics as a means of competition, inhibiting the growth of nearby bacteria or fungi.


Do farmers in Canada use antibiotics in cattle?

Who says we don't? Of course we do, we use antibiotics almost as much and for the same reasons as our neighbors to the south of us do, except that we don't feed antibiotics to our dairy cows. With beefers, antibiotics are, just like our southerly neighbors, used to treat sick animals or as a means to increase feed efficiency and average daily gain in our feedlot cattle.


Cure for shphilis?

If youre asking for a cure for syphilis, then yes there is. Unlike herpes, it is not viral which means you can cure it with antibiotics.


Do antibiotics help in curing mumps?

Mumps is caused by a virus. Viruses are not affected by antibiotics. The word antibiotic means against (anti-) life (bio-). Viruses are not living but are infectious particles. Some times antibiotics are used because there may be another infection caused by a bacteria involved at the same time.


What does means tonsilittis keep comin despite taking anti biotics in children?

It means the infection is either not bacterial, or the bacteria are not sensitive to the antibiotics, or the patient is immunocompromised. but I am not a doctor


Which antibiotics you have to take before meal and why?

Normally, you actually do not need to take any antiobiotics if you do not need them. This means having prescription for them. Usually though, Antibiotics are taken with meals too because some of them are irritatiing to the stomach lining of persons.


Are antibiotics stimulants?

No, antibiotics are not stimulants.


What are the negative impacts of antibiotics?

antibiotics are really essential for treatment but some antibiotics cause side effects can be of any type it may be terotogenic which means you should not be given in pregnancy there are so many other type of allergic reactions are associated with antibiotics but it is necessary to give antibiotics