Antiinfectives | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

Antiinfectives are medicine to treat infectious diseases.

Detailed description

They can be effective against bacteria, fungi, viruses and protozoans. The DZIF emphasized the special role of antibiotics among the antiinfectives by renaming the research field “Novel antiinfectives” into “Novel antibiotics” in 2016.

Prof Florian Klein, University Hospital Cologne

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