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GCSE History · key term
A medicine that kills bacteria or stops their growth, used to treat bacterial infections.
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Paper 2
A medicine that kills bacteria or stops their growth; antibiotics do not treat viral infections.
Revise: Key Factors and QuestionsPenicillin became an effective antibiotic against bacterial infections, not a cure for every kind of disease.
Paper 1
Revise: Factor Interaction and Comparative Case StudiesIn the twentieth century, Florey and Chain developed penicillin as an antibiotic that could act against bacteria inside the body.
A medicine that kills bacteria or stops their growth, allowing bacterial infections to be treated.
A medicine that kills bacteria or stops them multiplying, used to treat bacterial infections.
For significance, explain both immediate effects, such as treating infected wartime wounds, and longer-term effects, such as further antibiotic research.
Antibiotic resistance develops in bacteria, not in the patient. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viral infections.
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