BiologyCode 5090
Antibiotics
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Describe a drug as any substance which, after entering the body, changes or influences the chemical reactions going on inside it
- describe how antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infection
- state that bacteria are killed by antibiotics, though viruses are not affected by them
- Explain how using antibiotics only when they are essential can keep the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including MRSA, to a minimum