抗生素英文课件精品——Antimicrobial Drugs.pptVIP

B.E Pruitt Jane J. Stein Ch 20: Antimicrobial Drugs Chemotherapy The use of drugs to treat a disease Antimicrobial drugs Interfere with the growth of microbes within a host Antibiotic Substance produced by a microbe that, in small amounts, inhibits another microbe Selective toxicity A drug that kills harmful microbes without damaging the host 1928 – Fleming discovered penicillin, produced by Penicillium. 1940 – Howard Florey and Ernst Chain performed first clinical trials of penicillin. Figure 20.1 Table 20.1 Table 20.2 The Action of Antimicrobial Drugs Broad-spec