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Anitbiotics helps fight diseases by killing bacteria. Always remember these 3 rules:

Antibiotics=bacteria

Antiviral=virus

Antifungal=fungus

A certain type of medication can only be used for the disease it matches up with (antiviral will not kill a bacteria of fungus infection, only a virus)

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