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Antibiotics will not work in viruses.
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Viral infections cannot be treated by?
Antibiotics
What type of infections can be treated with antibiotics?
Bacteria
What diseases are treated with antibiotics?
Antibiotics treat (and sometimes prevent) bacterial infections. They are not effective against infections caused by any other microscopic pathogens (such as viruses and fungi).
Can schizophrenia be treated with antibiotics?
No it cannot because it is not caused by an infection.
What is the differences between viral and bacterial water-born disease?
The viral water-borne diseases cannot be treated by the antibiotics while the bacterial water-borne diseases can be treated by the antibiotics.
What can a superbug do?
The term superbug is used to refer to pathogens that are resistant to some or all of the antibiotics with which that species of pathogen is normally treated. So, a superbug does the same thing that a garden variety bug does, but it also resists antibiotics.
How are bacterial and fungal infections treated?
They are treated with antibiotics. <-----------Fungal infections are NOT treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics only kill bacteria.
What type of medicine fights pathogens?
antibiotics
What skin disorder can be treated with antibiotics?
Any skin disease caused by Bacteria can be treated by antibiotics e.g.boils .Allergies can't be treated by antibiotics .
Can painkillers kill pathogens?
Pain killers only do just that- help to kill pain. Pathogens such as bacteria are not killed by pain medicine. Antibiotics are prescribed to kill some pathogens, but currently no antibiotics are also pain killers as well.
Doxycycl hyc used for thrush?
No, doxycycline is not an appropriate treatment for thrush. Thrush is a fungal infection and cannot be treated with antibiotics. It must be treated with an antifungal, such as nystatin.
What are two three types of medicines that fight pathogens?
There are multiple "drugs" (not medicine) that kill pathogens. They are known as antibiotics. The most common is from the Menicillin family. Normally the most prescribed is penicillin that was discovered by accident during microbiology experiments. Antibiotics kill bacteria in the body helping it to fight infections. They kill all bacteria and can kill healthy bacteria that the body needs. They cannot kill viruses which are another form of pathogen.
