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Each antibiotic has a certain spectrum of activity which can be either narrow or broad.
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Narrow spectrum antibiotics only target specific bacterial categories or even specific strains.
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A good example are macrolides that target mostly gram -positive bacteria.
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On the contrary, broad -spectrum antibiotics aim at a much wider variety of bacteria.
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So when it comes to a bacterial infection, it is advisable to prescribe narrow spectrum.
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Antibiotics so that the microbiome and generally other bacteria remain as intact as possible.
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Since i mentioned the microbiome i would like to talk a bit more about that.
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So as you might know the microbiome is every good bacteria we have in our body.
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That is not infectious.
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So let's assume here that our microbiome is depicted in green color.
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Whereas an infectious strain of bacteria is depicted in red color.
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If in such an infection we prescribe a broad antibiotic to the patient, it is more than likely that together with the infectious strain, some bacteria from our microbiome will die as well...