Bacterial infections may be treated with antibiotics, which are classified as bacteriocidal if they kill bacteria or bacteriostatic if they just prevent bacterial growth. There are many types of antibiotics and each class inhibits a process that is different in the pathogen from that found in the host. For example, the antibiotics chloramphenicol and tetracyclin inhibit the bacterial ribosome but not the structurally different eukaryotic ribosome, so they exhibit selective toxicity. Antibiotics are used both in treating human disease and in intensive farming to promote animal growth. Both uses may be contributing to the rapid development of antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations. Phage therapy, using bacteriophages can also be used to treat certain bacterial infections.
medical cause of Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
medical cause of Disseminated intravascular coagulation
symptom of Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
symptom of Platelet storage pool deficiency
symptom of Disseminated intravascular coagulation
medical cause of Hemolytic anemia
complications of Agranulocytosis
medical cause of Protein S deficiency