What is "broad-spectrum antibiotics"

Usage examples of "broad-spectrum antibiotics".

That was why abdominal-wound patients were immediately given broad-spectrum antibiotics as a prophylactic.

She doused the whole area with broad-spectrum antibiotics and stood up wearily, regarding her patient.

For good measure, Keiko dug out the hypo and injected him with a double dose of broad-spectrum antibiotics and an antivenom shot.

This particular one had been very stubborn, not responding to the usual broad-spectrum antibiotics, and so far they had been unable to culture out and identify it.

And considering the environmental factors in utero-that is, broad-spectrum antibiotics, tripling of the background radiation count due to nuclear weapons, dietary influences, et cetera-yes, I should put the probability of induced mutation rather high.