Question

Antimicrobials that are effective against a wide variety of microbial types are termed _______.

Answer 1

They are termed broad-spectrum antibiotics.

What are antibiotics?

Antibiotics are drugs that have the capacity to either inhibit the growth of or kill bacteria and some other microorganisms capable of causing diseases.

Antibiotics are of 2 types:

1. Narrow spectrum antibiotics
2. Broad spectrum antibiotics

Narrow spectrum antibiotics are effective against a very narrow range of bacteria. They are very specific in their targets.

Broad spectrum antibiotics, on the other hand, are effective against a broad range of bacteria. They can be referred to as multipurpose antibiotics. They do not only eliminate target pathogenic bacteria.

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