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Which of the following is a bactericidal antibiotic?

Which of the following is a bactericidal antibiotic? Correct Answer Ofloxacin

Antibiotics can either kill the target microbes (cidal effect) or can prevent it from pathogenic action (static effect). The former are known as bactericidal and the latter is known as bacteriostatic.

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