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2. Clarithromycin - Wikipedia

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   Clarithromycin, sold under the brand name Biaxin among others, is an antibiotic used to treat various bacterial infections. [3] This includes strep throat, pneumonia, skin infections, H. pylori infection, and Lyme disease, among others. [3] Clarithromycin can be taken by mouth as a tablet or liquid or can be infused intravenously. [3]

3. Streptococcal pharyngitis - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms of strep throat usually improve within three to five days, irrespective of treatment. [23] Treatment with antibiotics reduces the risk of complications and transmission; children may return to school 24 hours after antibiotics are administered. [13] The risk of complications in adults is low. [8]

4. Sore throat - Wikipedia

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   The majority of sore throats are caused by a virus, for which antibiotics are not helpful. [2] For sore throat caused by bacteria (GAS), treatment with antibiotics may help the person get better faster, reduce the risk that the bacterial infection spreads, prevent retropharyngeal abscesses and quinsy, and reduce the risk of other complications ...

5. Strep throat is 'zooming back' in some areas of the country ...

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   Strep throat is easily treatable with a widely used antibiotic called amoxicillin, Stevenson said. "Usually within about 24 hours of starting that antibiotic, the patient's going to feel a whole ...

6. Pharyngitis - Wikipedia

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   Common symptoms include fever, sore throat, and large lymph nodes. It is a contagious infection, spread by close contact with an infected individual. A definitive diagnosis is made based on the results of a throat culture. Antibiotics are useful to both prevent complications (such as rheumatic fever) and speed recovery. [21]

7. List of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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   Antibiotics with less reliable but occasional (depending on isolate and subspecies) activity: occasionally penicillins including penicillin, ampicillin and ampicillin-sulbactam, amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulnate, and piperacillin-tazobactam (not all vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus isolates are resistant to penicillin and ampicillin)