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2. Community-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   Doxycycline is the antibiotic of choice in the UK for atypical bacteria, ... Ceftriaxone and azithromycin are often used to treat community-acquired pneumonia, which ...

3. Bacterial pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   In the United Kingdom, amoxicillin is used as first-line therapy in the vast majority of patients acquiring pneumonia in the community, sometimes with added clarithromycin. In North America , where the "atypical" forms of community-acquired pneumonia are becoming more common, clarithromycin , azithromycin , or fluoroquinolones as single therapy ...

4. Lower respiratory tract infection - Wikipedia

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   Pneumonia occurs in a variety of situations and treatment must vary according to the situation. [11] It is classified as either community or hospital acquired depending on where the patient contracted the infection. It is life-threatening in the elderly or those who are immunocompromised.

5. Doxycycline - Wikipedia

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   Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the tetracycline class used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites. [1] It is used to treat bacterial pneumonia, acne, chlamydia infections, Lyme disease, cholera, typhus, and syphilis. [1] It is also used to prevent malaria.

6. Some hospitals seeing increase in RSV, 'walking pneumonia ...

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   So-called "walking pneumonia" is a respiratory tract bacterial infection caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

7. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   In the UK, treatment before culture results with amoxicillin is recommended as the first line for community-acquired pneumonia, with doxycycline or clarithromycin as alternatives. [67] In North America, amoxicillin, doxycycline, and in some areas a macrolide (such as azithromycin or erythromycin) is the first-line outpatient treatment in adults.