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Treatments: Antibiotics

Introduction: Antibiotics



Antibiotics is the general class of medications, including penicillin, that are used against bacteria and also some parasites. Antibiotics do not work against any viruses. The first ever discovered antibiotic was penicillin.

Basic Information: Antibiotics

Antibiotics: Class of drugs used against many bacteria (and some parasites).

Count: Antibiotics is listed as a: treatment for 217 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 9 conditions; research treatment for 2 conditions.

Treatment types for Antibiotics: penicillin (24), Erythromycin (16), doxycycline (14), tetracycline (18), Intravenous antibiotics (20), Preventive antibiotics (11), amoxicillin (4), ampicillin (5), oral antibiotic (7)

Treatments: list of all treatments

List of Diseases with Antibiotics as a Treatment

The following list of conditions have 'Antibiotics' or similar listed as a treatment in our database:

A

  • Abscess ... antibiotics
  • Acne ... doxycycline, erythromycin, oral antibiotics, antibiotics, tetracycline
  • Actinomycosis ... antibiotics
  • Acute bacterial prostatitis ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Acute Bronchitis ... antibiotics
  • Acute Cholecystitis ... Intravenous antibiotics
  • Acute Pancreatitis ... antibiotics
  • Acute rheumatic fever ... penicillin, preventive antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Adenoiditis ... antibiotics
  • Agammaglobulinemia ... antibiotic
  • Amebic dysentery ... antibiotics
  • Animal bite ... antibiotics
  • Anthrax ... doxycycline, penicillin, multiple antibiotics
  • Aortic valve disease ... antibiotics
  • Asbestosis ... antibiotics
  • Atelectasis ... antibiotics
  • Atrophic rhinitis ... antibiotic ointments
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ... antibiotics

    B

  • Bacterial endocarditis ... antibiotics
  • Bacterial meningitis ... antibiotics
  • Bacterial vaginosis ... antibiotics
  • Balanitis ... Antibiotics
  • Barber's rash ... oral antibiotics
  • Bartholin's abscess ... antibiotics
  • Bartonella ... antibiotics
  • Benign Prostate Hyperplasia ... antibiotics
  • Blepharitis ... antibiotics
  • Boil ... antibiotics
  • Brain abscess ... antibiotics
  • Breast abscess ... penicillin, antibiotics
  • Bronchiolitis ... antibiotics
  • Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... antibiotics
  • Brucellosis ... tetracyclines, antibiotics
  • Bubonic plague ... antibiotics
  • Bullis fever syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Burns ... preventive antibiotics

    C

  • Carbuncle ... oral antibiotics
  • Cat scratch disease ... antibiotics
  • Cellulitis ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Cervicitis ... antibiotics
  • Chancroid ... antibiotics
  • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Chest Cold ... Antibiotics
  • Chlamydia ... doxycycline, erythromycin, antibiotics, amoxicillin
  • Cholangitis ... antibiotics
  • Cholecystitis ... antibiotics
  • Cholera ... tetracycline
  • Chronic bacterial prostatitis ... antibiotics
  • Chronic Bronchitis ... antibiotics
  • Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... preventive oral antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... erythromycin, ampicillin, Antibiotics, tetracycline
  • Chronic Sinusitis ... antibiotics
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... antibiotics
  • Conjunctivitis ... penicillin, antibiotics
  • Corneal flash burns ... antibiotics
  • Crohn's disease ... Antibiotics
  • Cutaneous Anthrax ... antibiotics
  • Cyclosporiasis ... antibiotics
  • Cyclosporiosis ... antibiotics
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... aerosol antibiotic tobramycin, antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Cystitis ... antibiotics

    D

  • Dacryocystitis ... antibiotic ointments
  • Dental abscess ... antibiotics
  • Diabetic Gastroparesis ... Erythromycin
  • Diphtheria ... antibiotics
  • Diverticular Disease ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Dry socket ... antibiotics

    E

  • Eczema ... antibiotics, antibiotic skin creams
  • Encephalitis ... Antibiotics
  • Endocarditis ... antibiotics
  • Endometritis ... antibiotics
  • Enterocolitis ... antibiotics
  • Epidemic typhus ... tetracyclines
  • Epididymitis ... antibiotics
  • Epiglotitis ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Erysipelas ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Erythema chronicum migrans ... penicillin
  • Erythrasma ... antibiotics

    F

  • Flu ... Antibiotics
  • Folliculitis ... antibiotics
  • Frostbite ... preventive antibiotics

    G

  • Gangrene ... penicillin, antibiotics
  • Gastritis ... antibiotics
  • Gastroparesis ... Erythromycin
  • Glomerulonephritis ... penicillin, antibiotics
  • Glue ear ... antibiotics
  • Gonorrhea ... penicillin, doxycycline, tetracyclines, antibiotic combinations, antibiotics
  • Granuloma inguinale ... antibiotics

    H

  • Human bite ... preventive antibiotics
  • Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Hyper-IgM Syndrome ... antibiotics

    I

  • Ileitis ... antibiotics
  • Impacted tooth ... antibiotics
  • Impetigo ... oral antibiotics, antibiotics, topical antibiotics
  • Ingrown nails ... antibiotics
  • Intertrigo ... antibiotics
  • Intestinal pseudo-obstruction ... antibiotics

    L

  • Labrynthitis ... antibiotics
  • Legionnaires' disease ... erythromycin, intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Lemierre's syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Leprosy ... antibiotics
  • Leptospirosis ... antibiotics
  • Leukemia ... antibiotics
  • Leukocyte Adhesion Defect ... antibiotics
  • Listeriosis ... intravenous antibiotics
  • Liver abscess ... antibiotics
  • Lung abscess ... antibiotics
  • Lyme disease ... Preventive antibiotics after tick bite, penicillin intravenously, penicillin intravenously, doxycycline, penicillin, erythromycin, antibiotics, amoxicillin, penicillin (intravenous), penicillin (intravenous), antibiotics
  • Lymphangitis ... antibiotics
  • Lymphogranuloma venereum ... antibiotics

    M

  • Ménière's disease ... aminoglycoside antibiotics
  • Mastitis ... penicillin, antibiotics
  • Mastoiditis ... antibiotics
  • Measles ... antibiotics
  • Melioidosis ... penicillin, doxycycline, antibiotics
  • Meningitis ... intravenous antibiotics
  • Meningococcal disease ... penicillin, ampicillin, Antibiotics
  • Middle ear infection ... Antibiotics
  • Mitral regurgitation ... preventive antibiotics
  • Mitral-valve prolapse ... preventive antibiotics
  • Mucositis ... antibiotics
  • Multiple Myeloma ... antibiotics
  • Mycetoma ... antibiotics
  • Mycoplasmal pneumonia ... erythromycin, tetracycline
  • Myocarditis ... antibiotics

    N

  • Necrotizing fasciitis ... intravenous penicillin and clindamycin
  • Neonatal ophthalmitis ... antibiotics
  • Non-Specific Urethritis ... doxycycline, erythromycin, antibiotics, tetracycline

    O

  • Obstructive Jaundice ... Antibiotics
  • Opportunistic infections ... antibiotics
  • Orchitis ... antibiotics

    P

  • Panniculitis ... antibiotics
  • Paronychia ... topical antibiotics
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease ... antibiotics
  • Peptic Ulcer ... Antibiotics, tetracycline, amoxicillin
  • Perforated eardrum ... antibiotics
  • Peritonitis ... Antibiotics
  • Pharyngitis ... antibiotics
  • Plague ... antibiotics
  • Pneumococcal pneumonia ... antibiotics
  • Pneumonia ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Pneumonic plague ... antibiotics
  • Postpartum hemorrhage ... antibiotics
  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis ... antibiotics
  • Proctitis ... antibiotics
  • Prostatitis ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Pseudomembranous Colitis ... Antibiotics
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri infections ... antibiotic
  • Psittacosis ... erythromycin, antibiotics, tetracycline, tetracycline
  • Psoriasis ... Antibiotics
  • Puerperal fever ... antibiotics
  • Pulmonary Anthrax ... doxycycline, penicillin, multiple antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Pyelonephritis ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics

    Q

  • Q fever ... antibiotics, tetracycline
  • Queensland tick typhus ... antibiotics
  • Quinsy ... antibiotics

    R

  • Rat-bite fever ... tetracycline
  • Rectal abscess ... antibiotics
  • Reiter’s syndrome ... Antibiotics
  • Relapsing fever ... doxycycline, erythromycin, intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics, tetracycline
  • Renal carbuncle ... antibiotics
  • Rheumatic fever ... penicillin, preventive antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Rheumatic heart disease ... preventive antibiotics
  • Rhinitis ... antibiotic ointments
  • Rickettsia typhi ... doxycycline
  • Ricketttsialpox ... doxycycline
  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever ... antibiotics, tetracycline
  • Rosacea ... oral antibiotic, doxycycline, topical antibiotic, erythromycin, Antibiotics, Tetracycline

    S

  • Salmonella food poisoning ... ampicillin, tetracycline
  • Salpingitis ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Seal finger syndrome ... tetracycline
  • Sebaceous cyst ... antibiotics
  • Sepsis ... antibiotics
  • Septicemia ... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Shock ... antibiotics
  • Sickle Cell Anemia ... preventive antibiotics, preventive penicillin
  • Silicosis ... antibiotics
  • Sinusitis ... antibiotics
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Sphenoid Sinusitis ... Oral antibiotics
  • Sprue ... antibiotics
  • Staphylococcal infection ... penicillin, second line antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Strep throat ... penicillin, Erythromycin, Second-line antibiotics, Antibiotics, amoxicillin
  • Streptococcal Infections ... penicillin, erythromycin, Antibiotics
  • Superficial thrombophlebitis ... antibiotics
  • Sydenham chorea ... Penicillin
  • Syphilis ... injected penicillin, penicillin, Other antibiotics

    T

  • Tetanus ... antibiotics
  • Thyroiditis ... antibiotics
  • Tinea ... antibiotics
  • Tonsilitis ... penicillin, erythromycin, antibiotics
  • Tooth abscess ... antibiotics
  • Toxemia ... antibiotics
  • Toxic Shock Syndrome ... penicillin, intravenous antibiotics
  • Trachoma ... oral antibiotics, antibiotics
  • Trichomoniasis ... antibiotics
  • Tularemia ... antibiotics
  • Typhoid fever ... intravenous antibiotics, ampicillin, antibiotics
  • Typhus ... antibiotics

    U

  • Urethral stricture ... antibiotics
  • Urethral syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Urethritis ... antibiotics
  • Urinary stones ... antibiotics
  • Urinary tract infections ... doxycycline, ampicillin, tetracycline
  • Urinary tract infections (child) ... antibiotics

    V

  • Vaginitis ... doxycycline, erythromycin, antibiotics
  • Vaginosis (bacterial vaginosis) ... topical antibiotics
  • Vesicoureteral reflux ... antibiotics
  • Vincent's disease ... antibiotics
  • Vulvitis ... antibiotics
  • Vulvodynia ... antibiotics

    W

  • Weil's syndrome ... antibiotics
  • Whipple's Disease ... antibiotics
  • Whitlow ... antibiotics
  • Whooping Cough ... Antibiotics
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome ... antibiotics

    Y

  • Yaws ... penicillin, antibiotics

    List of Diseases with Antibiotics as a Preventive Treatment

    The following list of conditions have 'Antibiotics' or similar listed as a preventive treatment in our database:

    A

  • Anthrax ... doxycycline

    B

  • Bacterial meningitis ... preventive antibiotics

    D

  • Diarrhea ... antibiotics

    L

  • Lyme disease ... preventive antibiotics after tick bite

    M

  • Malaria ... doxycycline
  • Mastoiditis ... preventive antibiotics
  • Meningitis ... preventive antibiotics
  • Meningococcal disease ... preventive antibiotics

    U

  • Urinary tract infections ... preventive antibiotics

    List of Diseases with Antibiotics as a Research Treatment

    The following list of conditions have 'Antibiotics' or similar listed as a research treatment or other research area in our database:

    C

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... antibiotics

    R

  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... doxycycline

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