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Which of the following is a bactericidal antibiotic?(a) Erythromycin(b) Ofloxacin(c) Tetracycline(d) ChloramphenicolThe question was posed to me by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.Enquiry is from Therapeutic Action of Different Classes of Drugs topic in section Chemistry in Everyday Life of Chemistry – Class 12

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Right choice is (b) Ofloxacin

For explanation I WOULD say: Antibiotics can either kill the target microbes (cidal EFFECT) or can prevent it from pathogenic action (STATIC effect). The former are known as bactericidal and the LATTER is known as bacteriostatic.



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