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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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Resources
- Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea (MayoClinic)
- Antibiotics (Medline Plus)
- Antibiotics (National Institutes of Health)
- Antibiotics: When They Can and Can't Help (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- Antimicrobial Resistance (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Antimicrobial Resistance: Glossary (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
- Background on Antibiotic Resistance (National Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases)
- Battle of the Bugs: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance (Food and Drug Administration)
- Birth Control Pills: Can Antibiotics Decrease Their Effectiveness? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Central Venous Access Catheters (CVAC) and Gastrostomy (Feeding) Tubes (Society of Interventional Radiology)
- Cephalosporin Allergy in Patients with Penicillin Allergy (American College of Physicians)
- Changing Use of Antibiotics in Community-Based Outpatient Practice, 1991--1999 (American College of Physicians)
- Common Antibiotics (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics)
- Danger of Antibiotic Overuse (Nemours Foundation)
- Food and Drug Administration
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- JAMA Patient Page: Coughs, Colds and Antibiotics (American Medical Association)
- Linezolid (American College of Physicians)
- Microbes in Sickness and in Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Penicillin Allergy: The Most Common Drug Allergy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Probiotics (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Research Brief: Studies of Iron-Pumping Bacteria May Lead to New Antibiotics (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Risks of Stockpiling Antibiotics to Counter Bioterrorism (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics)
- Study Shows Link between Antibiotic Use and Increased Risk of Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- Using Antibiotics Sensibly (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Vascular Access Procedures (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
- Vitamins, Anti-Bacterials May Prevent Stomach Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
- What Can Be Done about Antibiotic Resistance? (Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics)
- Your Child & Antibiotics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

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