Antibiotics: All Listings 

Antibiotics are a class of medications used to treat bacterial infections. They work by killing bacteria or inhibiting their growth. Antibiotics can be broad-spectrum, affecting a wide range of bacteria, or narrow-spectrum, targeting specific types. Commo ...

Antibiotics combat bacterial infections through various mechanisms. Some, like penicillin, interfere with the bacterial cell wall synthesis, causing the cell to burst. Others, such as tetracyclines and macrolides, inhibit protein synthesis by targeting ba ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health crisis. It occurs when bacteria evolve mechanisms to survive exposure to antibiotics that would normally kill them or inhibit their growth. Factors contributing to resistance include overprescribing, incomp ...