Antibiotics are medications used to treat and prevent bacterial infections. They work by either killing bacteria or preventing them from growing and multiplying. Antibiotics are not effective against viral infections like the common cold or flu. ...
The term Antibacterial  was first used in 1942 by Selman Waksman and his collaborators in journal articles to describe any substance produced by a microorganism that is antagonistic to the growth of other microorganisms in high...