Antimicrobial chemotherapy

Antimicrobial chemotherapy is the clinical application of antimicrobial agents to treat infectious disease.

There are five types of antimicrobial chemotherapy:

• Antibacterial chemotherapy, the use of antibacterial drugs to treat bacterial infections
• Antifungal chemotherapy, the use of antifungal drugs to treat fungal infections
• Anthelminthic chemotherapy, the use of antihelminthic drugs to treat worm infections
• Antiprotozoal chemotherapy, the use of antiprotozoal drugs to treat protozoan infections
• Antiviral chemotherapy, the use of antiviral drugs to treat viral infections

See also[]

• Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• Chemotherapy (journal)
• Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
• Chemotherapy#The term chemotherapy

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