Antibiotics/ Antimicrobial


Antibiotics are drugs used to help and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these drugs. Bacteria, not humans, come antibiotic resistant. These bacteria may also infect humans and are harder to treat than passive bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance encompassing resistance to medicines to treat infections caused by other microbes as well, like parasites (e.g. malaria), virus (e.g. HIV) and fungi(e.g. Candida). The main categories of antimicrobial agents are




  • Disinfectants


  • Antibiotics


  • Role of antibiotics in oculoplastic surgery


  • Antiseptics


  • Sulfonamides, etc.