See Also: Drug, antibiotic(health)
Antibiotic(health)
Antibiotic(medicine)
antibiotic(dictionary)
antibiotic(encyclopedia)
antibiotic(dictionary)
drug-drug interaction(medicine)
resistance, antibiotic(medicine)
antibiotic prophylaxis(medicine)
antibiotic sensitivity(medicine)

Drug, antibiotic (health)


A drug used to treat bacterial infections.T he original definition of an antibiotic was a substance produced by one microorganism that selectively inhibits the growth of another microorganism. However, wholly synthetic antibiotics (usually chemically related to natural antibiotics) have since been produced that accomplish comparable tasks.