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0 Medline - Antibiotics Vote Up Vote Down www.nlm.nih.gov - Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. Used properly, antibiotics can save lives. They either kill bacteria or keep them from reproducing. Your body's natural defenses can usually take it from there. Antibiotics do not fight infections caused by viruses, such as Colds, More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 eMedicineHealth - Antibiotics Vote Up Vote Down www.emedicinehealth.com - Antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed medications in modern medicine. Antibiotics cure disease by killing or injuring bacteria. The first antibiotic was penicillin, discovered accidentally from a mold culture. Today, over 100 different antibiotics are available to doctors to cure mino More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Antibiotics: Too much of a good thing Vote Up Vote Down www.mayoclinic.com - Antibiotics are the first line of defense against many infections. But overusing or misusing antibiotics can cause more harm than good. Your head throbs, your nose is stuffy, and you're too tired to do anything but flop into bed at the end of the day. You're probably coming down with a cold or the More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Guidelines For Antibiotic Use Vote Up Vote Down www.drgreene.org - Recognizing the urgent problem of antibiotic overuse, this year the Centers for Disease Control and the Academy of Pediatrics have issued guidelines for when to use (and when not to use) antibiotics for the most common pediatric respiratory infections (Pediatrics 1998; 101:163--184). Ear infections, More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Pneumonia - Treatment Overview Vote Up Vote Down www.webmd.com - Doctors use antibiotics to treat pneumonia caused by bacteria, the most common cause of the condition. The number of days you take antibiotics depends on your general health, how serious your pneumonia is, and the type of antibiotic you are taking. Your doctor will choose your antibiotic based on a More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Urinary Tract Infection - Treatment Options Vote Up Vote Down www.drugdigest.org - Whether an antibiotic is prescribed to treat a UTI and the choice of antibiotic will depend on several factors. These include the site of the infection (upper tract versus lower tract), the bacterium causing the infection, and any allergies the individual may have to antibiotics. Other consideration More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Acute Bacterial Meningitis Vote Up Vote Down www.merck.com - Acute bacterial meningitis is fulminant, often fatal pyogenic infection beginning in the meninges. Symptoms include headache, fever, and stiff neck. Without rapid treatment, obtundation and coma follow. Diagnosis is by CSF tests. Treatment requires antibiotics, often beginning empirically with a 3rd More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 eMedicine - Otitis Media Vote Up Vote Down www.emedicine.com - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) define acute otitis media as an infection of the middle ear with acute onset, presence of middle ear effusion (MEE), and signs of middle ear inflammation. Acute otitis media most commonly occurs in children More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Use of Antibiotics for URIs in Children Vote Up Vote Down www.aafp.org - This article summarizes the principles of judicious antimicrobial therapy for three of the five conditions--cough, pharyngitis, the common cold--that account for most of the outpatient use of these drugs in the United States. This article summarizes evidence against the use of antibiotic treatment f More... 0 Comments To Favourites
0 Sexually Transmitted Infections - Treatment Vote Up Vote Down www.drugdigest.org - Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis are bacterial infections and are treated and cured with antibiotics (medications used to treat infections caused by bacteria). Treatment is crucial to prevent the spread of these STIs. The treatment of all sexual partners (past and present) helps pr More... 0 Comments To Favourites
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