What are antibiotics?
Bacteriostatic vs Bactericidal Antibiotics are a drug that can only treat bacterial infections, not viral ones. There are two types of antibiotics: bactericidal (kills germs) and bacteriostatic (stop bacterial replication). Some examples of bactericidal drugs are aminoglycosides, beta-lactams, vancomycin, quinolones, rifampin, and metronidazole. Also, some examples of bacteriostatic drugs are chloramphenicol, erythromycin, clindamycin, sulfonamides, trimethoprim, and tetracyclines. There are three ways for a person to take antibiotics. The three ways are oral, topical, and injections antibiotics. There are precautions to be concern about when taking oral antibiotics, such as pills because if a person misses a dose or takes an extra dose, then they will suffer increased side effects of the pills, which are commonly severity in diarrhea, nausea, and infections in the mouth area and the vagina.
