Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts related to antimicrobial drugs.

Selective Toxicity

The principle that an effective antimicrobial agent must be more toxic to the pathogen than to the host.

Antimicrobial Agents

Drugs that treat infections; a type of chemotherapeutic agent.

Semisynthetic Antimicrobials

Chemically altered antibiotics that are more effective, longer lasting, or easier to administer than naturally occurring ones.

Synthetics

Antimicrobials that are completely synthesized in a laboratory.

Paul Ehrlich

Developed the concept of