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Antimicrobial chemotherapy is the clinical application of antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases.
There are five types of antimicrobial chemotherapy:
- Antibacterial chemotherapy, use of antibacterial drugs to treat bacterial infections
- Antifungal chemotherapy, use of antifungal drugs to treat yeast infections
- Antelmintic chemotherapy, use of antihelminthic drugs to treat worm infections
- Antiprotozoal chemotherapy, use of antiprotozoal drugs to treat protozoal infections
- Antiviral chemotherapy, use of antiviral drugs to treat viral infections
Video Antimicrobial chemotherapy
See also
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapy
- Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- The origin of the term "chemotherapy"
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