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What is chemotherapy?
Treatment of infectious diseases or malignancy with drugs that destroy microorganisms or cancer cells with minimal damage to host tissues.
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What are antibiotics?
Chemical substances obtained from microorganisms that kill or suppress growth of other microorganisms at low concentrations.
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What are bactericidal agents?
Agents that kill or destroy microorganisms, e.g. penicillins, cephalosporins, aminoglycosides.
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What are bacteriostatic agents?
Agents that inhibit growth and multiplication of microorganisms, e.g. sulphonamides, tetracyclines, chloramphenicol.
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What is the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)?
The minimum concentration of an antimicrobial agent that prevents visible growth of a microorganism.