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Antimicrobial Agents (Antibiotics)

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Antimicrobial agents (antibiotics and antifungal agents) are active against bacteria or fungi. Antiviral agents are active against viruses. Commonly the antimicrobial agents work specifically against some types of bacteria, fungi or viruses.

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  1. Department of Hygiene and Infection Control, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Elisabeth Presterl, Magda Diab-El Schahawi, Luigi Segagni Lusignani & Helga Paula

  2. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Jacqui S. Reilly

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    Magda Diab-El Schahawi

  3. Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

    Jacqui S. Reilly

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Presterl, E., Diab-El Schahawi, M., Lusignani, L.S., Paula, H., Reilly, J.S. (2019). Antimicrobial Agents (Antibiotics). In: Presterl, E., Diab-El Schahawi, M., Reilly, J. (eds) Basic Microbiology and Infection Control for Midwives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02026-2_10

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