Q1.What are limited spectrum antibiotics? Give one example.
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Limited spectrum antibiotics
- Those chemicals which either kills or hiders the growth process of bacteria are called antibiotics.
- Antibiotics are classified based on the mode and spectrum of their action on the bacteria.
- Limited spectrum is one such classification of antibiotics based on the spectrum of their actions.
- As the name suggests, these antibiotics act on limited species of bacteria.
- As they are very narrow in their action, they are also called as narrow-spectrum antibiotics.
- Examples of narrow-spectrum antibiotics are as follows:
- Vancomycin
- Penicillin G.V
- Polymixin
- Clindamycin
- Bacitracin
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Narrow spectrum antibiotics are effective against a single organism or disease and referred to as limited spectrum antibiotics.
e.g, penicillin G
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