Question

What are ‘broad spectrum antibiotics’? Answer the question in brief.

Answer 1

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✔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.

✔Broad-spectrum antibiotics are particularly useful when a patient shows up at a hospital emergency room in dire distress, and doctors have to move quickly.
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Answer 2

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◆ Broad spectrum antibiotics -

• Antibiotics which are effective against a wide range of microorganisms are called broad spectrum antibiotics.
• Tetracyclines and chloramphenicol are known to be broad spectrum antibiotics.
• They both are bacteriostatic at normal doses.
• They are effective against gram-positive and gram-negative cocci, gram-positive and gram-negative bacilli, anaerobic bacteria, etc

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