Antibiotic

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Antibiotic Definition

Substances naturally produced by microorganisms or their derivatives that selectively target microorganisms not humans. Antibiotics kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms by targeting components of the microbial cell absent from human cells, including bacterial cell walls, cell membrane, and 30S or 50S ribosomal subunits. These substances are used in the treatment of bacterial and other microbial infections.

Antibiotic Synonyms

Antibiotic, Antibiotic Agents, Antibiotic Drugs, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial Agent, antibiotic

Terms in Antibiotic category

Acediasulfone Sodium
Alafosfalin
Amphomycin
Apramycin
Apramycin Sulfate
Azidamfenicol
Bacitracin
Bacitracin Zinc
Beta-Lactam Antibiotic
Bicyclohexylammonium Fumagillin
Cephalosporin Antibiotic
Chloramphenicol Palmitate
Clofazimine
Colistimethate Sodium
Colistin Sulfate
Coumermycin
Dalfopristin
Ditophal
Drazidox
Eperezolid
Etisomicin
Flopristin
Fosmidomycin
Glycopeptide Antibiotic
Heliomycin
Hexamidine
Iclaprim
Ionomycin
Laidlomycin
Laidlomycin Propionate Potassium
Lasalocid
Lasalocid Sodium
Linezolid
Mesulfamide
Metioprim
Metioxate
Miloxacin
Narasin
Novobiocin
Novobiocin Calcium
Novobiocin Sodium
Pecocycline
Penicillin Antibiotic
Pirlimycin Hydrochloride
Polymyxin Antibiotic
Puromycin Hydrochloride
Quindoxin
Quinolone Antibiotic
Quinupristin
Racephenicol
Radezolid
Retapamulin
Rifaximin
Salinomycin
Taurolidine
Teicoplanin
Tetronasin
Tetronasin Sodium
Thiambutosine
Thiolutin
Tulathromycin Component A
Valnemulin
Vancomycin
Vancomycin Hydrochloride
Vaneprim
Volpristin
Zabofloxacin