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10 Οκτ 2024 · The prescribed antibiotic is based on the type of pneumonia, age, health history, and more. Some first-line antibiotics for treating pneumonia include Zithromax (azithromycin), Biaxin (clarithromycin), and Erythrocin (erythromycin). You will often take the antibiotics for five to seven days.
11 Οκτ 2024 · The appropriate antibiotics for bacterial pneumonia depend on your specific infection, overall health, and local patterns of antibiotic resistance. Your doctor will consider factors like your age, weight, allergies, and any prior antibiotic use. First-line antibiotics commonly used include: Macrolides: Azithromycin , clarithromycin
6 Φεβ 2024 · Antibiotic selection for serious infections. At the beginning, antibiotic treatment for serious pneumococcal infections typically includes broad-spectrum antibiotics. Once antibiotic testing is done, healthcare providers may choose a more targeted, or narrow-spectrum, antibiotic.
20 Ιουν 2016 · Antibiotics are the mainstay of treatment in S pneumoniae infections. Until the 1970s, essentially all pneumococcal isolates were sensitive to easily achievable levels of most commonly used...
3 Ιουλ 2024 · The mainstay of drug therapy for bacterial pneumonia is antibiotic treatment. The choice of agent is based on the severity of the patient's illness, host factors (eg, comorbidity, age), and the...
13 Ιουν 2020 · Antibiotics. These medicines are used to treat bacterial pneumonia. It may take time to identify the type of bacteria causing your pneumonia and to choose the best antibiotic to treat it. If your symptoms don't improve, your doctor may recommend a different antibiotic. Cough medicine. This medicine may be used to calm your cough so that you can ...
The pneumococcal vaccine helps protect against some types of bacterial infections that can cause serious illnesses like: meningitis (an infection in the brain and spinal cord) sepsis (a life-threatening reaction to an infection) pneumonia (an infection in the lungs)
