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The term broad-spectrum antibiotic refers to an antibiotic with activity against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria. It is also means that it acts against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative ...
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Antibiotic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In common usage, an antibiotic (from the Ancient Greek: – anti , "against", and βίος – bios , "life") is a substance or compound that kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics belon...
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Terminology of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance ... Broad-spectrum antibiotics ; (see Narrow-spectrum vs. broad-spectrum antibiotics); Colonization; Colonization occurs when a new species of bacteria develops a colony (a group of the same type of bacteria) in a new location, such as the human intestinal tract.
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Some substances have a narrow spectrum of activity whereas others act against a wide range of both gram-positive and gram-negative organisms (broad-spectrum antibiotics).
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Antibiotics question: What is a narrow spectrum antibiotic effective against? Narrow spectrum antibiotics are effective against just gram positive bacteria, just gram negative bacteria, or only a few ... Narrow spectrum antibiotics are effective against just gram positive bacteria, just gram negative bacteria, or only a...
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A broad-spectrum antibiotic acts against many different kinds of disease-causing bacteria, including both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. A narrow-spectrum antibiotic acts only against specific families of bacteria.
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The earliest antibiotics, the penicillins, came into use from 1941 and were quickly joined by chloramphenicol, the cephalosporins, erythromycins, tetracyclines, and aminoglycosides. A range of broad-spectrum antibiotics, the 4-quinolones, was developed in 1989, ... (redirected from Narrow-spectrum antibiotic)
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Colicins are narrow-spectrum antibiotics produced by and active against Escherichia coli and its close relatives. ... Colicins are narrow-spectrum antibiotics produced by and active against Escherichia coli and its close relatives. Colicin-producing strains cannot coexist with sensitive or resistant strains in a well...
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(a) A clear advantage to the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics is that there is less of a need (as compared with narrow-spectrum antibiotics) to identify the infecting pathogen with real certainty before commencing treatment...
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