Antibiotics

Antibiotics are types of antimicrobial products used for the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. The first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

Notes on Antibiotics

  1. There are several types of antibiotics such as
    1. Drug Resistance Antibiotics
    2. Multiple Drug Resistance Antibiotics
    3.  Total Drug Resistance Antibiotics
  2. Currently the world is facing the challenge that the resistance levels in bacteria over the past few decades of antibiotic use has increased. This means that now we have some bacteria which are totally resistant to antibiotics.

 

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