Vaidyaनमः
SULFONAMIDES Sulfonamides were the first antimicrobial agents (AMAs) effective against pyogenic bacterial infections. Sulfonamido-chrysoidine (Prontosil Red) was one of the dyes used to treat experimental streptococcal infection in mice and found it to be highly effective. Subsequently, an infant was cured of staphylo- coccal septicaemia by protonsil. Short acting (4-8 hr): Sulfadiazine Intermediate acting (8 […]
Antibiotics are substances which are derived from one microorganism in order to kill another microorganism. Antibiotics are effective against bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections. But, antibiotics are not helpful against viral infections. Pathogenic bacteria can be killed by synthetic components at low concentration. Examples: Ampicillin and amoxicillin. Penicillin :- Penicillin was the first antibiotic to […]