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dexamethasone – anti-inflammatory steroid. diazepam – benzodiazepine used to treat status epilepticus, also used as a preanaesthetic and a sedative. dichlorophene – fungicide, germicide, and antimicrobial agent, also used for the removal of parasites. diphenhydramine – histamine blocker. doxycycline – antibiotic, also used to treat ...
Antimicrobial spectrum. A simplified diagram showing common disease-causing bacteria and the antibiotics which act against them. The antimicrobial spectrum of an antibiotic means the range of microorganisms it can kill or inhibit. Antibiotics can be divided into broad-spectrum antibiotics, extended-spectrum antibiotics and narrow-spectrum ...
Clindamycin. Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic medication used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections, including osteomyelitis (bone) or joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, strep throat, pneumonia, acute otitis media (middle ear infections), and endocarditis. [5] It can also be used to treat acne, [5][6] and some ...
In Wikidata. Quinolone antibiotics constitute a large group of broad-spectrum bacteriocidals that share a bicyclic core structure related to the substance 4-quinolone. [ 1 ] They are used in human and veterinary medicine to treat bacterial infections, as well as in animal husbandry, specifically poultry production.
A broad- spectrum antibiotic is an antibiotic that acts on the two major bacterial groups, Gram-positive and Gram-negative, [1] or any antibiotic that acts against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria. [2] These medications are used when a bacterial infection is suspected but the group of bacteria is unknown (also called empiric therapy) or ...
Wide range of infections; penicillin used for streptococcal infections, syphilis, and Lyme disease: Gastrointestinal upset and diarrhea; Allergy with serious anaphylactic reactions; Brain and kidney damage (rare) Same mode of action as other beta-lactam antibiotics: disrupt the synthesis of the peptidoglycan layer of bacterial cell walls ...
The Eagle effect, Eagle phenomenon, or paradoxical zone phenomenon, named after Harry Eagle who first described it, originally referred to the paradoxically reduced antibacterial effect of penicillin at high doses, [1] [2] though recent usage generally refers to the relative lack of efficacy of beta lactam antibacterial drugs on infections having large numbers of bacteria. [3]
In veterinary medicine, streptomycin is the first-line antibiotic for use against gram negativebacteria in large animals (horses, cattle, sheep, etc.). It is commonly combined with procaine penicillinfor intramuscular injection. [medical citation needed] Tularemiainfections have been treated mostly with streptomycin.