Question

What is the significance of antibiotics in medicine

Answer 1

Answer:

Antibiotics are medicines that help stop infections caused by bacteria. They do this by killing the bacteria or by keeping them from copying themselves or reproducing. The word antibiotic means “against life.” Any drug that kills germs in your body is technically an antibiotic.

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Answer 2

Significance of antibiotics

Explanation:

• Antibiotics are used as drugs to treat infections because of their low toxicity fot humans and and animals.
• Antibiotic is a substance  produced wholly or partly by chemical synthesis.
• It inhibits the growth or destroys microorganisms by interfering  with their metabolic process.
• It prevents the bacterial cell wall from expanding when the other parts of the cell are growing .
• Examples - Penicillin, streptomycin.