Are microbe- specific medicines and antibiotics, the same?

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No, microbe- specific medicines and antibiotics are not the same meaning words. Microbe-specific medicines means all the medicines which are given to treat diseases caused by particular microbes. Antibiotics are a group of microbe- specific medicines that are given to treat diseases caused by bacteria only.

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