Antibiotics kill or inhibit bacteria. The real revolution in antibacterial therapy began with the discovery of Alexander Flemming. Antibiotics have either bactericidal effect or a bacteriostatic effect on microbes. Which of the following is a bactericidal antibiotic?

Ofloxacin

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Tetracycline

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Chloramphenicol

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Salvarsan

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Solution

The correct option is C Ofloxacin
Ofloxacin is a bactericidal antibiotic. It kills the organisms in body.
The remaining drugs are bacteriostatic. They inhibit or arrest the growth of the organism.

Suggest Corrections

	Column I		Column II
(A)	Bacteriostatic	(i)	Crucial to body's communication process
(B)	Bactericidal	(ii)	Inhibit growth of microbes
(C)	Narrow spectrum antibiotics	(iii)	Kill microbes
(D)	Receptors	(iv)	Effective against single disease