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Is ciprofloxacn for urinary tract infection?
Ciprofloxacin is one of the commonly used drug for the urinary tract infections. The indiscriminate use should not be done. The Pseudomonas infection may be resistant to this antibacterial drug. ( This drug is not antibiotic.)
What has to be done if pacemaker infection occurs?
Antibiotic therapy given as a precautionary measure can reduce the risk of pacemaker infection.
Does an antibiotic treat your infection after you have finished your prescribed dose?
An effective amount antibiotics should cure your infection by the time your done taking it. It is possible that it wont though, if you still have symptoms of infection contact your doctor as soon as you can.
What is a skin culture?
A skin culture is a test that is done to identify the microorganism (bacteria, fungus, or virus) causing a skin infection and to determine the antibiotic or other treatment that will effectively treat the infection.
What are the rquirements for an antibiotic to be suitable for medical use?
An antibiotic must be able to eliminate or reduce the bacteria causing an infection, but at the same time not harm the human or animal host. Extensive testing is done for both criteria.
Explain how the excessive or inappropriate use of antibiotics poses a health hazards for human population?
Antibiotics are substances which kill or inhibit bacteria. The problem lies in the fact that bacteria tend to have fairly high mutation rates. These mutation rates yield some bacteria which are more resistant to the antibiotics than other bacteria. Since you have used an antibiotic to destroy all other bacteria in a person, the resistant bacteria is free to spread as much as it can, since the antibiotic used won't kill it. If this is the case, then the person would have to get a different, more appropriate antibiotic to kill the bacteria. In some cases, this can be done multiple times, and you end up with a super-bacteria called multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria. As use of antibiotics spread, so do strains of these MAR bacteria, which are much more deadly than their relatives So what can be done? First, use antibiotics less. Studies show that they are over-prescribed. Second, ensure that the proper antibiotic is prescribed. In some cases, an antibiotic which is incorrect for the job to be done is one of the culprits.
What should be done when an infection occurs when administrating total parenteral nutrition?
The infection should be identified by checking blood cultures from the central line and peripheral source. The patient should then undergo antibiotic therapy and the aseptic technique when preparing parenteral nutrition should be improved.
How is antibiotic overuse a bad thing?
If you overuse it then when you really need it, it won't work. The reason is that your doctor should do a culture, like a throat swab, and run a sensitivity test to see if an antibiotic is needed and which one will affect the microbe. You want to hit the microbe with accuracy and not with a "shot-gun". When treating the microbe with the right drug, the persons' normal flora will not become resistant to that antibiotic. I get really upset if a culture and sensitivity isn't done because the antibiotic may be needed to knock a microbe out and now it will not work at all or have to be given higher doses.
What the abuse of antibiotic can do?
The abuse of antibiotics can have two effects. In the long term it can allow pathogens to become resistant over time. In the short term it can harm your body by removing good bacteria from your body which can have severe adverse effects on your health if done for too long.
What are three ways that you can help prevent the spread of antibiotics resistant bacteria?
In order to prevent the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, you should use antibiotics exactly as directed by your healthcare provider (i.e. correct dosage, don't skip doses), dispose of any leftover antibiotics once treatment is completed, and should not use antibiotics that were not prescribed for you and your current condition.
What is the singular of the word antibiotics?
This is the correct spelling well done!
What is the correct spelling of neomycin?
The name of the antibiotic is spelt as you have done in the question.
