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Medicines that kill bacterial pathogens inside the body without damaging body cells
Viruses use body cells to reproduce, so drugs targeting them would harm body tissue
Symptoms of disease, not the cause
Penicillin
Decreased the number of deaths
Bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics
Mutations make some bacteria resistant; they survive antibiotics and reproduce
They die
Resistant bacteria survive and reproduce
Stop overusing antibiotics
Finish antibiotic courses to kill all bacteria
Prevents cell wall formation, cells burst and die
Interferes with protein production in bacterial cells
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