(精编)Antimicrobial Drugs1教学课件.pptVIP

* Antimicrobial Drugs 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 Historical Perspective Treatment hopeless before 1935 Paul Ehrlich, early 20th century Father of chemotherapy Fleming -- 1929 Penicillin discovered -- gram positives Florey -- 1940 Penicillin -- first therapeutic use Waksman -- 1944 Streptomycin -- gram ne