Antibiotics (From ancient Greek αντιβιοτικ, antiviotika) also called antibacterials, are a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. A limited number of antibiotics also possess antiprotozoal activity.‎List of antibiotics · ‎Timeline of antibiotics · ‎Antiprotozoal · ‎List of β-lactam antibiotics

These drugs act on the blood forms of the parasite and thereby terminate clinical attacks of malaria. These are the most important drugs in anti malarialchemotherapy. These include chloroquine, quinine, mefloquine, halofantrine, pyrimethamine, sulfadoxine, sulfones, tetracyclines etc.

Anti-infectives is a general term used to describe any medicine that is capable of inhibiting the spread of an infectious organism or by killing the infectious ...‎Aminoglycosides · ‎Sulfonamides · ‎Cephalosporins · ‎Anthelmintics