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The Broad Spectrum Antibiotics -are any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms.
The great number of diverse antibiotics currently available can be classified in different ways, e.g., by their chemical structure, their microbial origin, or their mode of action.
They are also frequently designated by their effective range. Tetracycline is the most widely used broad-spectrum antibiotics, are effective against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as against rickettsia (any of a group of parasitic bacteria that live in the tissues of ticks, mites, and other arthropods, and cause disease when transmitted to man and other animals) and psittacosis-causing organisms. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) is another broad spectrum antibiotic, effective in the treatment of mild infections of the urinary tract and sinuses. The medium-spectrum antibiotics bacitracin, the Erythromycin, penicillin, and the Cephalosporins (any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium) are effective primarily against Gram-positive bacteria, although the streptomycin group is effective against some Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Polymixin are narrow-spectrum antibiotics effective against only a few species of bacteria.
You have tetracycline and chloramphenicol as broad spectrum antibiotics. They adversely affect protein synthesis of the microorganisms.
As a effect you can treat wide range of diseases. As a adverse effect you can get pseudo-membranous enterecolitis.
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Do Antibiotics only work on bacteria or virus?
Antibiotics only work on bacteria.
What are Pathogens that cannot be treated by antibiotics?
Antibiotics will not work in viruses.
What will happen if you have a glass of wine with antibiotics?
your antibiotics might not work as they should.
What is noroclav?
It's an antibiotic, used as a broadspectrum antibiotic usually for animals
Why are antibiotics not given unless a serious infection?
Bacteria can become immune to antibiotics and the antibiotics will not work in the future when you need them. They only work against bacteria and cold and flu are caused by viruses.
When do antibiotics work?
6:00 am
Are there antibiotics for bird flu?
There are no antibiotics for the bird flu. Influenza (all types) is caused by a virus, and hence can't be treated with antibiotics (antibiotics only work with bacteria).
When are antibiotics not effective?
An antibiotic might not work because the symptoms are attributed to a virus rather than a bacterium. Antibiotics do not work against viruses.
Can a patient with cyclosporine take antibiotics?
Yes, although it is recommended to steer clear of the Erythromycin based antibiotics. If the Penicillin based antibiotics will not work, other antibiotics such as cefuroxime (Ceftin) may work.
How antibiotics work?
they make you stay of the beer
Illness not affected by antibiotics?
Viruses run their course and antibiotics are not prescribed for them. Antibiotics work against bacterial illnesses. So, if you have a cold (virus), but get pneumonia (bacterial) you can take antibiotics to get better.
What length of time will antibiotics delay period?
Antibiotics don't delay periods but if you are on the pill you risk pregnancy since the antibiotics makes the pills not work.
