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Differentiate between broad-spectrum and narrow-spectrum antibiotics?
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.
What are A natural substance which kills bacteria can be broad spectrum or specific?
An antibiotic is a natural substance that kills bacteria and can be broad spectrum, effective against a wide range of bacteria, or specific, targeting only certain types of bacteria. Examples of broad-spectrum antibiotics include penicillin and amoxicillin, while examples of specific antibiotics include vancomycin and azithromycin.
What is the purpose of antimicrobial susceptibility test?
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests are used to determine the most effective antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. It helps guide clinicians in selecting the appropriate antibiotic therapy for patients, taking into account the sensitivity of the bacteria to specific drugs. This test helps prevent the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics and reduce the development of antibiotic resistance.
What is the mechanisms of resistance to chloramphenicol?
Chloramphenicol is one of the broad spectrum antibiotic used to treat typhoid fever. Resistance occur by way of mutation in ribosomes, By way of decreased permeability of cell wall and production of inactivating enzyme.
What are three properties an antibiotic should have?
An antibiotic should be selectively toxic to the target pathogen while minimizing harm to the host. It should have a broad spectrum of activity against various types of bacteria. The antibiotic should also be stable, have good tissue penetration, and be easy to administer.
Penicillin antibiotic in broad spectrum?
No, Pencillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic.
Is bacterium a broad spectrum antibiotic?
There is no antibiotic called as bacterium. So there is no question of it's being called as broad spectrum or narrow spectrum antibiotic. Bacterium is a term related to bacteria, a type of micro-organism.
Differentiate between broad-spectrum and narrow-spectrum antibiotics?
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.
What is broad or narrow spectrum?
Term broad and narrow spectrum are used in antibiotics The broad spectrum antibiotic can have its effect on many microbial species like penicillin and a narro spectrum antibiotic have its effect on one or few species
Does penicillin capsules work for human infections?
Penicillin is not a broad spectrum antibiotic like chloramphenicol or the tetracycline. In fact the penicillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic. It kills the gram positive and gram negative cocci and gram positive bacilli only. Now a days many bacteria has become resistant to penicillin.
Tetracycline is what kind of bacteria?
Tetracycline is not a type of bacteria, but rather a broad-spectrum polyketide antibiotic produced by the bacteria Actinobacteria Streptomyces, indicated for use against many bacterial infections.
Can you stop taking doxycycline if you are constipated?
Yes. As it is broad acting tetracycline antibiotic (called broad spectrum) that kills many of your normal bowel bacteria which are necessary for normal bowel movements.
What broad spectrum antibiotic is used on chlamydia and works at the ribosome?
Azithromycin is the broad spectrum antibiotic that kills chlamydia by working at the ribosome.
Is Isoniazid considered narrow spectrum?
narrow or broad
WHAT IS ultra-broad spectrum?
It is a term for antibiotics. An ultra broad range antibiotic can be used against many no. of microbes not a particular microbe. Meropenem is an ultra broad spectrum antibiotic.
Is a beetle a or narrow spectrum?
broad spectrum beetles, yes.
Is vancomycin a narrow spectrum antibiotic?
Vancomycin is an antibiotic. It is used to treat Metronidazole resistant Pseudo-membranous enter o-colitis. Or if the the patient is allergic to Metronidazole. Pseudo-membranous enter o-colitis is caused by the use of broad spectrum Antibiotics which kills normal flora of the large intestine.
