Although antibiotics are useful in a wide variety of infections, it is important to realize that antibiotics only treatbacterialinfections. Antibiotics are useless against viral infections (for example, thecommon cold) and fungal infections(such asringworm). Your doctor can best determine if an antibi...
Antibiotics are used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. Antibiotics cure infectious diseases by killing or injuring bacteria. Bacteria are single-celled organisms, and are natural and normal part of life. Pathogenic bacteria cause disease when they are able to gain access to vulnerable parts...
For the first time we were able to fight and win the bacteria that cause various infections, the leading cause of mortality at the time. In this paper I will speak of the major classes of antibiotics, briefly explaining why they are used. Bacterial infection Contents What is antibiotic?
Ofloxacin is used to treat chlamydia, pneumonia and urinary tract infections, while ciprofloxacin is used to treat various bacterial infections. Minor side effects that could occur with the use of these types of antibiotics are nausea/vomiting, headache, blurred vision and dizziness. Co-trimoxazole...
This happens when you have heart valve damage due to rheumatic fever. Rheumatic fever is an autoimmune condition caused by an overreaction to astrep throator scarlet fever infection. Rheumatic fever is rare in the U.S. because most people get antibiotics for bacterial infections. In the U.S....
Bacterial skin infections are treated with oral or topical antibiotics depending on the strain causing the infection. Foodborne Bacterial Infections Bacterial infections are one cause of foodborne illness. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, chills, and abdominal pain are common symptoms of food poisoning...
known as an antimicrobial agent. Antibiotics are known as the substances that are derived from an organism for killing another organism. These are effective against all kinds of infections including bacterial, parasitic and fungal. However, antibiotics are not very effective against viral infections. ...
Inappropriate use of antibiotics in croup at three types of hospital [correction] - 《Cmaj》 被引量: 16发表: 1986年 Assessment of Antibiotic Prescription in Acute Respiratory Infections in Adults Objective: This study aims to ascertain the variability in the use of antibiotics for the treatment ...
Up to 40% of patients with chronic low back pain that could benefit from surgery have a bacterial infection that could be treated simply and cheaply with antibiotics, research has found. The first of two studies in the European Spine Journal found Propionibacterium acnes , an anaerobic bacteria,...
of the older traditional antibiotics. Many STDs can be present in, and spread by, people who do not have any symptoms of the condition and have not yet been diagnosed with an STD. Therefore, public awareness and education about these infections and the methods of preventing them are important...