TY - BOOK AU - Hany Bishr Abdou Akied AU - Alaa Mohie Eldeen Solyman , AU - Eman Kamal Behiry , AU - Molham Mahmood Mohammad , TI - Antibiotics in orthopaedic surgery / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Hany Bishr Abdou Akied , KW - Classification of antibiotics KW - Microboilogy of bone and joint infection KW - Pathophysiology of bone and joint infection N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - In common usage, an antibiotic is a substance or compound that kills bacteria or inhibits their growth. Antibavterial is an alternative name. Antibiotics belong to the broader group of antimicrobial compounds, used to treat infections caused by microorganisms, including fungi and protozoa. Antibiotics are commonly classified based on their mechanisms of action, chemical structure, or spectrum of activity. Most antibiotics targe bacterial functions or growth processes ER -