Antibiotic treatments usually work on bacteria, but do not work on viruses or fungal conditions, so there are a great many possibilities. Antibiotics may also fail on certain types of resistant bacterial strains. The failure of antibiotics itself provides little useful diagnostic information without additional symptoms to indicate the causal condition.
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Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Antibiotic failure, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.
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Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria in the gut. This leads to "digestive imbalance" where there are too few remaining "good" bacteria in the digestive system. The treatment is typically to use "probiotics", such as by eating yoghurt cultures containing more of the good bacteria. See digestive imbalance and probiotics....read more »
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Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Antibiotic failure. Some of these are listed below :
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During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Antibiotic failure. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
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Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Antibiotic failure) may include:
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The list below shows some of the causes of Antibiotic failure mentioned in various sources:
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This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Antibiotic failure. Of the 3 causes of Antibiotic failure that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
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The following list of conditions have 'Antibiotic failure' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Antibiotic failure, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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Medical Conditions associated with Antibiotic failure:
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Symptoms related to Antibiotic failure:
Poor healing (31 causes), Infection (200 causes), Viral infection, Bacterial infection, Immunodeficiency, Antibiotic resistance, Antibiotic sensitivity, Renal failure (8 causes)
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