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What is another name of antibiotics?

Two antibiotics used as medicine to cure a variety of diseases caused by bacteria are Penicillin and Gentamicin. Both require a prescription from a physician.


What can used be to cure many bacterial diseases?

Antibiotics


Why don't antibiotics cure colds?

Antibiotics only affect bacteria and colds are caused by viruses.


What antibiotics can cure about the black plague?

the disease was caused by rat infestation,


Which type of infection cannot be treated with antibiotics?

Viral diseases (disases caused by viruses), because antibiotics attack the cell wall, and a virus doesnt have a cell wall. P.S. Antibiotics can only cure bacterial diseases (diseases caused by bacteria. P.S.S. Viruses arent living things. P.S.S.S. What does P.S., P.S.S., etc. stand for?


How can diseases caused by dirty water be cured?

There is medicine to cure some diseases from unclean water.


Why were the antibiotics not effective in controlling cancer condition?

Antibiotics are chemicals that destroy BACTERIA and ony bacteria. Cancer is not caused by bacteria. Therefore antibiotics can not be used to cure cancer.


What types of illnesses do antibiotics cure?

Antibiotics only cure bacterial infections. Antibiotics will not cure a viral infection.


Why will antibiotics not cure a child of measles if they haven't had the MMR vaccine?

Antibiotics can only work against bacterium, whereas measles are caused by a virus.


Does a housefly have a disease on one wing and a cure for it on the next?

Many house flies carry diseases that are caused by bacteria or viruses. However, no housefly has the cure for these diseases.


Can stomach ulcers be hereditary?

No, Stomach ulcers are caused by a bacteria. A course of antibiotics will cure the problem.


Can azithromycin cure the flu?

No. Azithromycin is an antibiotic. Antibiotics only work to kill or control growth of bacteria. The flu is not caused by bacteria, so antibiotics are ineffective to treat it. Influenza is caused by viruses.