Lecturer
Principles of Antimicrobial Therapy
Antimicrobials are chemical substances that used for treatment of infectious
disease caused by invading microbes; thus, they were classified according
to the type of microorganism on which they act into: Antibacterial,
Antifungal, Antimycobacterial, Antiprotozoal drugs, Anthelmintics and
Antiviral.
Antibiotics: Biological Compounds produced from natural source
(microorganisms), that used to Kill or inhibit the growth of other pathogens.
Antibacterial: All are synthetic chemical substances that used to kill or
inhibit growth of invading bacteria by interfering with their growth or
multiplication inside the host.
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