Macrolide antibiotics are used to treat respiratory tract infections (such as pharyngitis, sinusitis, and bronchitis), genital, gastrointestinal tract, and skin infections. Macrolide antibiotics are: azithromycin clarithromycin dirithromycin erythromycin roxithromycin troleandomycin Macrolides side effects ...
Potential association between the oral tetracycline class of antimicrobials used to treat acne and inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2010;105(12):2610–6. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Margolis D, et al. Association of pharyngitis with oral antibiotic use for the treatment of acne: a...
The penicillin segment accounted for the largest revenue share of 23.8% in 2023. Penicillin is the first drug class to be discovered and is still widely used to treat various infections, especially those caused by staphylococci and streptococci, clostridium, and listeria. They act by either inhibit...
For example, pharyngitis can be treated with: A single intramuscular dose of benzathine penicillin 3 days of azithromycin 1 tablet per day 10 days of a tablet of amoxicillin 8/8h Some infections are easily treated with short courses of one antibiotic, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia or cystitis...
Macrolidesare antibiotics that interfere with protein synthesis in susceptible bacteria. They are used to treat respiratory infections andurethritisin adults andotitis mediaand pharyngitis/tonsillitisin children. Eythromycin is the drug of choice for Legionnaire’s disease and infections caused by C.dip...
When antibiotics are overused or misused, we eliminate the bacteria that aren’t resistant, leaving the resistant bacteria to spread—and to spread their resisting abilities to other bacteria. When bacteria are resistant to a medication, doctors need to use a different antibiotic to treat the ...
The use of antibiotics (penicillin was first in general use in 1945) has made it possible to cure many conditions such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, and streptococcal pharyngitis (“strep throat”). Caution about the use of antibiotics ...
Delayed groups (patient-led and collection) were told to consider taking antibiotics if they felt substantially worse in the first few days or if they had no improvement after 5 (for pharyngitis) or 10 (other infections) days (in which case they could also return ...
Group A streptococcus (GAS) accounts for 20% to 40% of cases of pharyngitis in children; the remaining cases are caused by viruses. Compared with throat cu... JF Cohen,N Bertille,R Cohen,... - 《Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews》 被引量: 26发表: 2016年 Hemolytie Streptoeoeeal...
Well, a lot. To start, antibiotics are meant to treatbacterialinfections, as Jeff said. Not viruses, like a cold or the flu. Doctors know this, and so do a lot of patients. These medications are so widely used that we might perceive them as being benign, but they have real, and r...