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You Flip Through the Microbiology Book
In the Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
chapter, you find a chart about antimicrobial drugs. The antibiotics
from Fran's rack are all included:
- Amphotericin B is a narrow-spectrum bacteriostatic
drug, useful against fungi.
- Gentamicin is a narrow-spectrum bacteriocidal
drug, generally useful against Gram-negative bacteria.
- Amantadine is an anti-viral drug useful
against the various influenza viruses.
- Ethambutol is a narrow-spectrum bacteriostatic
drug, useful against mycobacteria.
- Methicillin is a narrow-spectrum bacteriocidal
drug, generally useful against Gram-negative bacteria.
- Acyclovir is an anti-viral drug useful
against many viruses.
- Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum bacteriostatic
drug, useful against most Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- Penicillin G is a narrow-spectrum bacteriocidal
drug, useful against Gram-positive bacteria.
A footnote to the chart tells you that "bacteriocidal"
means the drug kills bacteria; "bacteriostatic" means that it suppresses
the growth of bacteria. If a drug works against a wide range of bacteria,
it is called "broad-spectrum"; if not, it is "narrow-spectrum."
"Hmmm," you think.
Continue in the back room
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