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The preferred treatment for gonorrhea is ceftriaxone 250 mg. Antibiotic resistance has limited the number of treatment options.
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Penicillin antibiotic in broad spectrum?
No, Pencillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic.
Is tetracycline a broad or narrow spectrum antibiotic?
Broad
Is bacterium a broad spectrum antibiotic?
There is no antibiotic called as bacterium. So there is no question of it's being called as broad spectrum or narrow spectrum antibiotic. Bacterium is a term related to bacteria, a type of micro-organism.
What is broad or narrow spectrum?
Term broad and narrow spectrum are used in antibiotics The broad spectrum antibiotic can have its effect on many microbial species like penicillin and a narro spectrum antibiotic have its effect on one or few species
Differentiate between broad-spectrum and narrow-spectrum antibiotics?
A broad-spectrum antibiotic acts against many different kinds of disease-causing bacteria, including both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. A narrow-spectrum antibiotic acts only against specific families of bacteria.
What is a narrow spectrum antibiotic effective against?
Narrow spectrum antibiotics are effective against just gram positive bacteria, just gram negative bacteria, or only a few specified species. Examples include: penicillin G, gentamicin, clindamycin, and gentamicin.
Is it correct bacteriocin is antibiotic?
Yes, in a narrow sense bacteriocins are antibiotic, since they are substances produced by a bacteria to prevent the growth or invasion of other similar bacteria in their territory. However, they are not considered to have broad-spectrum antibiotic properties since they are somewhat specific.
Is vancomycin a narrow spectrum antibiotic?
Vancomycin is an antibiotic. It is used to treat Metronidazole resistant Pseudo-membranous enter o-colitis. Or if the the patient is allergic to Metronidazole. Pseudo-membranous enter o-colitis is caused by the use of broad spectrum Antibiotics which kills normal flora of the large intestine.
Does penicillin capsules work for human infections?
Penicillin is not a broad spectrum antibiotic like chloramphenicol or the tetracycline. In fact the penicillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic. It kills the gram positive and gram negative cocci and gram positive bacilli only. Now a days many bacteria has become resistant to penicillin.
Is Isoniazid considered narrow spectrum?
narrow or broad
Is a beetle a or narrow spectrum?
broad spectrum beetles, yes.
Sinus infection can you take penicillin instead of zithromax for it?
you can take amoxicillin (type of penicillin) for mild sinus infections. it is a narrow spectrum antibiotic. for more serious cases, use ciprofloxacin
