Antimicrobial chemotherapy

Antimicrobial chemotherapy is the clinical application of antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases.

There are five types of antimicrobial chemotherapy:
 * Antibacterial chemotherapy, the use of antibacterial drugs to treat bacterial infections
 * Antifungal chemotherapy, the use of antifungal drugs to treat fungal infections
 * Anthelminthic chemotherapy, the use of antihelminthic drugs to treat worm infections
 * Antiprotozoal chemotherapy, the use of antiprotozoal drugs to treat protozoan infections
 * Antiviral chemotherapy, the use of antiviral drugs to treat viral infections