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  2. Anti-ulcer agents - Wikipedia

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    Metronidazole is an antibiotic with an off-label use in eradicating H. pylori for treating gastric ulceration. Resistance of metronidazole is above 15% worldwide. [ 32 ] It is likely to be resistant so is not the first line choice of treatment. [ 44 ]

  3. Metronidazole - Wikipedia

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    About 60% of the metronidazole is metabolized by oxidation to the main metabolite hydroxymetronidazole and a carboxylic acid derivative, and by glucuronidation. The metabolites show antibiotic and antiprotozoal activity in vitro. [61] Metronidazole and its metabolites are mainly excreted via the kidneys (77%) and to a lesser extent via the ...

  4. Amebicide - Wikipedia

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    E. histolytica infections occur in both the intestine and (in people with symptoms) in tissue of the intestine and/or liver. [2] As a result, both tissue and luminal drugs are needed to treat the infection, one for each location. Metronidazole is usually given first, followed by Paromomycin or Diloxanide.

  5. Helicobacter pylori eradication protocols - Wikipedia

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    He used bismuth salt and metronidazole. This treatment effectively cured his gastritis and eliminated the H. pylori infection. This is not the current eradication protocol. [citation needed] One of the first "modern" eradication protocols was a one-week triple therapy, which the Sydney gastroenterologist Thomas Borody formulated in 1987. [14]

  6. Antibiotic - Wikipedia

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    Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent bacterial infections, [34] and sometimes protozoan infections. (Metronidazole is effective against a number of parasitic diseases). When an infection is suspected of being responsible for an illness but the responsible pathogen has not been identified, an empiric therapy is adopted. [35]

  7. Hydroxymetronidazole - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Hydroxymetronidazole is the main metabolite of metronidazole. Both have antibiotic and antiprotozoal ...

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  9. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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    Determining the presence of a hospital acquired infection requires an infection control practitioner (ICP) to review a patient's chart and see if the patient had the signs and symptom of an infection. Surveillance definitions exist for infections of the bloodstream, urinary tract, pneumonia, surgical sites and gastroenteritis. [citation needed]