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What are antibiotics?
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Antibiotics are drugs that either kill or stop the growth of bacteria in order to treat bacterial infections. Antibiotics do not work on viral infections; they only work on bacterial infections. They function by going after particular aspects of bacteria that are important to their survival and reproduction, like their cell walls, protein synthesis, or DNA replication.
Antibiotic Types: Antibiotics come in two primary types.
Narrow-spectrum antibiotics: These drugs target particular kinds of bacteria.
Broad-spectrum antibiotics: Antibiotics with a broad spectrum of action are effective against a variety of microorganisms.
Examples of antibiotics are azithromycin and amoxicillin.
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