Question

what are broad spectrum antibiotics

Answer 1

The term broad-spectrum antibiotic can refer to an antibiotic that acts on the two major bacterial groups, gram-positive and gram-negative, or any antibiotic that acts against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria. ... An example of a commonly used broad-spectrum antibiotic is ampicillin

Answer 2

Thanks for your question !

Broad Spectrum antibiotic is a type of antibiotics which act mostly on bacteria which may be gram +ve or gram -ve.

Some of the examples of broad spectrum antibiotics are - amoxicillin, ampicilin.

But, broad spectrum antibiotics are usually more strong towards the certain type of bacteria only.