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  2. Double-disk diffusion test - Wikipedia

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    This is called a D-zone test, or D test. If a 'D' shape is formed around the clindamycin disk (distinguished from a circular zone of inhibition) then the isolate is reported as resistant to clindamycin. [5] This occurs due to erythromycin inducing the bacteria's erm gene, and thus making it resistant to clindamycin (MLS-B phenotype). [6] [7]

  3. Antibiotic sensitivity testing - Wikipedia

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    In clinical medicine, antibiotics are most frequently prescribed on the basis of a person's symptoms and medical guidelines.This method of antibiotic selection is called empiric therapy, [1] and it is based on knowledge about what bacteria cause an infection, and to what antibiotics bacteria may be sensitive or resistant. [1]

  4. Disk diffusion test - Wikipedia

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    The disk diffusion test (also known as the agar diffusion test, Kirby–Bauer test, disc-diffusion antibiotic susceptibility test, disc-diffusion antibiotic sensitivity test and KB test) is a culture-based microbiology assay used in diagnostic and drug discovery laboratories. In diagnostic labs, the assay is used to determine the susceptibility ...

  5. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    In North America, amoxicillin, doxycycline, and in some areas a macrolide (such as azithromycin or erythromycin) is the first-line outpatient treatment in adults. [ 43 ] [ 122 ] [ 79 ] In children with mild or moderate symptoms, amoxicillin taken by mouth is the first line.

  6. Erythromycin - Wikipedia

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    Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [1] This includes respiratory tract infections , skin infections , chlamydia infections , pelvic inflammatory disease , and syphilis . [ 1 ]

  7. Group B streptococcal infection - Wikipedia

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    Erythromycin or clindamycin should not be used for treatment in penicillin-allergic patients unless susceptibility of the infecting GBS isolate to these agents is documented. Gentamicin plus penicillin (for antibiotic synergy ) in patients with life-threatening GBS infections may be used.

  8. Erythromycin breath test - Wikipedia

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    The erythromycin breath test (ERMBT) is a method used to measure metabolism (oxidation and elimination from the system) by a part of the cytochrome P450 system. [1] Erythromycin produces 14 CO 2, and this 14 CO 2 can be measured to study drugs that interact with the cytochrome P450 system.

  9. Antibiotic use in dentistry - Wikipedia

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    The first line of treatment is the removal of the source of inflammation or infection by local operative measures. [9] Generally, the abscess can be eradicated through surgical drainage alone; however this is sometimes inadequate. Therefore, systemic antibiotic treatment may be required, but only if there is evidence of spreading infection. [9]