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An antibiotic is a drug that kills or slows the growth of bacteria. Antibiotics are one class of antimicrobials, a larger group which also includes anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-parasitic drugs. They are relatively harmless to the host, and therefore can be used to treat infections. The term, coined by Selman Waksman, originally described only those formulations derived from living organisms, in contrast to "chemotherapeutic agents", which are purely synthetic. Nowadays the term "antibio ...
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Antibiotics Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America
- Society of Interventional Radiology http://www.sirweb.org/
- National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases
- Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/
Resources
- Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea (MayoClinic)
- Antibiotics (Medline Plus)
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