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2. Procaine benzylpenicillin - Wikipedia

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   Procaine benzylpenicillin also known as penicillin G procaine, is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [2] Specifically it is used for syphilis, anthrax, mouth infections, pneumonia, diphtheria, cellulitis, and animal bites. [2] It is given by injection into a muscle. [2]

3. Benzathine benzylpenicillin - Wikipedia

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   Benzathine benzylpenicillin, also known as benzathine penicillin G (BPG), is an antibiotic medication useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. [3] Specifically it is used to treat strep throat, diphtheria, syphilis, and yaws. [3] [5] It is also used to prevent rheumatic fever. [5] It is given by injection into a muscle.

4. 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]

5. Pneumococcal pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Pneumococcal pneumonia is a type of bacterial pneumonia that is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). [1] It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found in adults, the most common type of community-acquired pneumonia, and one of the common types of pneumococcal infection. The estimated number of Americans with pneumococcal ...

6. Community-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Additional consideration is given to the treatment setting; most patients are cured by oral medication, while others must be hospitalized for intravenous therapy or intensive care. Current treatment guidelines recommend a beta-lactam, like amoxicillin, and a macrolide, like azithromycin or clarithromycin, or a quinolone , such as levofloxacin .

7. Streptococcus pneumoniae - Wikipedia

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   Pneumonia is a lung infection characterized by symptoms such as fever, chills, coughing, rapid or labored breathing, and chest pain. [28] For the elderly, those who contract pneumonia have also shown these lesser nonspecific symptoms, but also tend to show that they have tachypnea a few days before clinical certainty that they have contracted ...

8. Drug to treat syphilis on backorder as infection rates grow - AOL

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   Bicillin L-A, the only recommended treatment for pregnant women with syphilis, is on backorder because of a manufacturing delay. Drug to treat syphilis on backorder as infection rates grow Skip to ...

9. Quinolone antibiotic - Wikipedia

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   The Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Working Group recommends fluoroquinolones be used for the ambulatory treatment of community-acquired pneumonia only after other antibiotic classes have been tried and failed, or in cases with demonstrated drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.