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 316 conditions;
alternative treatment for 0 conditions;
preventive treatment for 9 conditions;
research treatment for 3 conditions.
Treatment types for Antibiotics:
penicillin (26), Erythromycin (16), doxycycline (15), tetracycline (19), Intravenous antibiotics (20), Preventive antibiotics (11), amoxicillin (4), ampicillin (5), oral antibiotic (8)
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
... tetracycline, doxycycline, oral antibiotics, antibiotics, erythromycin
- Actinomycosis
... antibiotics
- Acute bacterial prostatitis
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
- Acute Bronchitis
... antibiotics
- Acute Cholecystitis
... Intravenous antibiotics
- Acute meningitis
... Antibiotics
- Acute Pancreatitis
... antibiotics
- Acute rheumatic fever
... preventive antibiotics, penicillin, antibiotics
- Acute upper respiratory infection
... Antibiotics
- Adenoiditis
... antibiotics
- Agammaglobulinemia
... antibiotic
- Amebic dysentery
... antibiotics
- Animal bite
... antibiotics
- Anthrax
... doxycycline, penicillin, multiple antibiotics
- Anthrax meningitis
... doxycycline, penicillin
- Aortic valve disease
... antibiotics
- Armpit Boil
... Antibiotics
- Asbestosis
... antibiotics
- Atelectasis
... antibiotics
- Atrophic rhinitis
... antibiotic ointments
- Autoimmune enteropathy, type 1
... Antibiotics
- Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
... antibiotics
B
C
- Capnocytophaga
... penicillin
- Carbuncle
... oral antibiotics
- Cat scratch disease
... antibiotics
- Cellulitis
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
- Centriacinar Emphysema
... Antibiotics
- Cervicitis
... antibiotics
- Chancroid
... antibiotics
- Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
... antibiotics
- Chest Cold
... Antibiotics
- Chlamydia
... doxycycline, antibiotics, amoxicillin, erythromycin
- Cholangitis
... antibiotics
- Cholecystitis
... antibiotics
- Cholera
... tetracycline
- Chronic Airway Obstruction
... Antibiotics
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis
... antibiotics
- Chronic Bronchitis
... antibiotics
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
... antibiotics, preventive oral antibiotics
- Chronic Infectious Diarrhoea
... Antibiotics
- Chronic rhinitis
... Antibiotics
- Chronic Sinusitis
... antibiotics
- Ciliary dysentery
... Tetracycline
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency
... antibiotics
- Conjunctivitis
... penicillin, antibiotics
- COPD
... tetracycline, ampicillin, Antibiotics, erythromycin
- 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
E
F
G
H
I
L
- Labrynthitis
... antibiotics
- Legionella adelaidensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella anisa infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella beliardensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella birminghamensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella bozemanii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella bruneiensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella brunensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella busanensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella cherrii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella cincinnatiensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella donaldsonii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella donaldsonil infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella drancourtii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella drozanskii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella dumofii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella erythra infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella fairfieldensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella fallonii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella feelei infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella feeleii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella gesstiana infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella gormanii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella gratiana infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella gresilensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella hackeliae infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella impletisoli infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella isrealensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella jamestowniensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella jordanis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella lansingensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella londinensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella longbeachae infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella lytica infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella maceachemii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella maceachernii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella micdadei infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella monrovica infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella moravica infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella nautarum infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella oakridgensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella parisiensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella quateirensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella quinlivanii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella rowbothamii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella rubrilucens infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella sainthelensi infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella santicrucis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella shakespearei infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella spiritensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella steigerwaltii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella tauriensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella tusconensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella wadsorthii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella wadsworthii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella waltersii infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella worsliensis infection
... antibiotics
- Legionella yabuuchiae infection
... antibiotics
- Legionnaires' disease
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics, erythromycin
- 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
... penicillin (intravenous), doxycycline, Preventive antibiotics after tick bite, penicillin intravenously, penicillin intravenously, penicillin, antibiotics, amoxicillin, antibiotics, erythromycin
- Lymphangitis
... antibiotics
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
... antibiotics
M
N
O
P
- Palmoplantar Psoriasis
... Antibiotics
- Palmoplantar pustular psoriasis
... Antibiotics
- Panniculitis
... antibiotics
- Paronychia
... topical antibiotics
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
... antibiotics
- Peptic Ulcer
... tetracycline, Antibiotics, amoxicillin
- Perforated eardrum
... antibiotics
- Peritonitis
... Antibiotics
- Pharyngitis
... antibiotics
- Plague
... antibiotics
- Pneumococcal pneumonia
... antibiotics
- Pneumonia
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
- Pneumonic plague
... antibiotics
- Polyendocrinopathy, immune dysfunction, and diarrhea, X-linked
... Antibiotics
- Postpartum hemorrhage
... antibiotics
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
... antibiotics
- Proctitis
... antibiotics
- Prostatitis
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
- Pseudomembranous Colitis
... Antibiotics
- Pseudomonas stutzeri infections
... antibiotic
- Psittacosis
... tetracycline, antibiotics, erythromycin
- Psoriasis
... Antibiotics
- Psoriasis on Eblows and Knees
... Antibiotics
- Psoriasis on lower back
... Antibiotics
- Psoriasis on Mucous Membranes
... Antibiotics
- Psoriasis on trunk and limbs
... Antibiotics
- Puerperal fever
... antibiotics
- Pulmonary Anthrax
... doxycycline, penicillin, multiple antibiotics, antibiotics
- Pyelonephritis
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
Q
R
- Rat-bite fever
... tetracycline
- Rectal abscess
... antibiotics
- Recurring airway infection
... Antibiotics
- Recurring Boil
... Antibiotics
- Reiter’s syndrome
... Antibiotics
- Relapsing fever
... tetracycline, doxycycline, intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics, erythromycin
- Renal carbuncle
... antibiotics
- Rheumatic fever
... preventive antibiotics, penicillin, antibiotics
- Rheumatic heart disease
... preventive antibiotics
- Rhinitis
... antibiotic ointments
- Rickettsia typhi
... doxycycline
- Ricketttsialpox
... doxycycline
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
... tetracycline, antibiotics
- Rosacea
... Tetracycline, doxycycline, oral antibiotic, topical antibiotic, Antibiotics, erythromycin
S
- Salmonella food poisoning
... tetracycline, ampicillin
- Salpingitis
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics
- Seal finger syndrome
... tetracycline
- Sebaceous cyst
... antibiotics
- Secondary Emphysema
... Antibiotics
- Seminal vesiculitis
... Antibiotics
- Sepsis
... antibiotics
- Septicemia
... intravenous antibiotics, antibiotics, antibiotics
- Shock
... antibiotics
- Sickle Cell Anemia
... preventive penicillin, preventive antibiotics
- Silicosis
... antibiotics
- Sinusitis
... antibiotics
- Sjogren's Syndrome
... antibiotics
- Sphenoid Sinusitis
... Oral antibiotics
- Sprue
... antibiotics
- Staphylococcal infection
... second line antibiotics, penicillin, antibiotics
- Strep throat
... Second-line antibiotics, penicillin, Antibiotics, amoxicillin, Erythromycin
- Streptococcal Infections
... penicillin, Antibiotics, erythromycin
- Superficial thrombophlebitis
... antibiotics
- Sydenham chorea
... Penicillin
- Syphilis
... penicillin, Other antibiotics, injected penicillin, injected penicillin
T
U
V
W
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
B
D
L
M
U
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:
B
C
R
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