How to Use antibiotic in a Sentence

antibiotic

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• The gold standard for treating strep throat is a course of oral antibiotics, Dr. Javaid says.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 22 Mar. 2023
• He was sent home with a tetanus shot and antibiotics, but the injury got worse over the next few days, becoming red, swollen and painful to the touch.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 June 2023
• He was placed on antibiotics to fight off the infection.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Doron said people also need to be careful about the overuse of antibiotics.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
• As a result, symptoms may reappear, and antibiotics may not work as well in the future.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
• Two antibiotics are used to treat syphilis, the injectable penicillin and an oral drug called doxycycline.
  — Catherine Sweeney, Fortune Well, 2 Feb. 2024
• The disease can be stopped with antibiotics if detected and treated in time.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Minocycline is part of a group of antibiotics called tetracyclines.
  — Angela Palmer, Verywell Health, 3 May 2023
• That’s why many antibiotics are designed to target them.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• And no new classes of antibiotics have been developed for decades.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2023
• Its wounds were cleaned then dabbed with ointment, and a course of antibiotics was administered.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Therefore, the doctors started the girl on different antibiotics, rifampin and clarithromycin, that seemed to do the trick.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• Costs have caused others to reverse or loosen their policies on antibiotics.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
• His brother spent all of Friday in search of painkillers and antibiotics because most pharmacies were closed.
  — Frances Robles, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2024
• Doctors test for the infection via a blood or tissue sample, then treat it with antibiotics.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2024
• The faster those people can get treated with the antibiotics doxycycline or amoxicillin, the better their chances of having a short, mild case of the disease.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 June 2023
• There is no specific treatment for EEE, and antibiotics are not effective against the virus.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 22 Aug. 2023
• He’d been treated at a top U.S. hospital with access to the strongest antibiotics.
  — Caroline Hopkins, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• In patients with pneumonic plague, the CDC recommends starting a course of antibiotics within 24 hours of the start of symptoms.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2024
• She was discharged with antibiotics and told to return if her symptoms — pelvic pain and bleeding — worsened.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
• Narcotics like codeine and morphine—as well as some antibiotics—are common appetite killers.
  — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 1 May 2023
• Treatment with the right antibiotics can usually cure TB, but drug-resistant forms can be harder to treat.
  — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• At first, the aquarium tried treating its melting starfish with antibiotics.
  — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2023
• New research has found that Matabele ants may even be able to tell if a wound is infected or not and then treat the infected wounds with the antibiotics produced in their saliva.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2024
• Another advantage of the test is that treatment with antibiotics will not alter the results.
  — Tanya Feke, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2024
• But instead, she was discharged with antibiotics and told to return if her symptoms — pelvic pain and bleeding — worsened.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Dec. 2023
• Sometimes that’s because the use of antibiotics makes growing the responsible bugs in a petri dish difficult.
  — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• Rochelle Niemeijer, wants to help fight the overuse of antibiotics by tackling a common ailment: urinary tract infections.
  — Katie Jennings, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• The good news is that early detection and a battery of antibiotics have proven highly effective in treating the disease.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2023
• Meanwhile, Maple, the Australian shepherd, appears to be improving and is due for another chest X-ray to make sure the antibiotics are working.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023

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antibiotic

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• Most of them will die in the presence of that antibiotic.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
• Azithromycin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic with a long half-life, which means the drug is not quickly flushed from the body.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 Feb. 2023
• The ducks are antibiotic and hormone-free, with fresh straw for roosting and room to roam.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
• Between 10% and 15% of all people who fall ill end up dying of the disease even with antibiotic treatment, the CDC said.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 June 2023
• When an antibiotic attempts to bind to the ribosome, that methyl group repels it.
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• The gunshot wound wasn’t severe, and after antibiotic treatment, the cub healed.
  — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• The antibiotic Ketek saw its use plummet after it was linked to acute liver failure.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 3 Nov. 2022
• The substance is made of over a hundred compounds, many of which have antibiotic properties.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2024
• One, the company said, was a surge in use of the pediatric form of the drug after a shortage of a different antibiotic last winter.
  — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2024
• One study suggests that the antibiotic levofloxacin may increase the risk of tendon ruptures.
  — Steph Coelho, Health, 1 Feb. 2023
• In 2020, about half of all gonorrhea infections were thought to be resistant to at least one antibiotic, per the CDC.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Jan. 2023
• And because antibiotic ointment helps wounds heal faster, there’s less risk of scarring.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2023
• This is a huge deal for the long-term health and future antibiotic treatment of potentially millions of people who could take the drug safely.
  — Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2023
• Tolerance has been linked to the spread of antibiotic resistance.
  — Megan Keller, Fortune Well, 12 Apr. 2023
• The trial did not observe a lower rate of maternal deaths among women who got the antibiotic versus those who got the placebo.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 Feb. 2023
• Save on practical first-aid products, including Neosporin antibiotic ointment for just $8 and a box of 100 Band-Aid bandages for the same low price.
  — Amanda Oliver, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
• Appearance of the knots after two months of antibiotic treatment.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• In 2013, the CDC named gonorrhea as one of the three most urgent threats posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Multiple forms of go-to antibiotic amoxicillin are hard to come by, as is Tamiflu, an antiviral used to treat the flu.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
• The restaurant serves antibiotic and hormone-free chicken, pork and beef sandwiches, hand-cut fries and potato tots.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023
• My brother took two showers with antibiotic soap the morning of the operation, one a little after midnight, the next at about 6 am.
  — WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
• Instead, right there, Dr. Stewart applies a triple treatment drop of antibiotic, anti-fungal and steroids that should start the healing process.
  — Janie McCauley, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
• After noticing a red ring developing around one of Reign's sores, Passey took Reign to the emergency room and says she was told to give her daughter an antibiotic and go home.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
• To be clear, finger cots aren’t a replacement for antibiotic ointment and bandages.
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2023
• The man’s symptoms began in mid-September with a painful red lesion near his shoulder that failed to respond to antibiotic treatment.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• But don’t worry–there are treatments for all of these things, and a doctor can prescribe an antibiotic or other treatment as soon as you’re diagnosed with one of them.
  — Mara Santilli, SELF, 26 Jan. 2024
• That medication is an oral antibiotic, Nirmatrelvir, which goes by the brand name Paxlovid.
  — Margie Zable Fisher, Fortune Well, 5 Feb. 2024
• These antibiotic-free headphones aim to use blue light therapy to detect and treat mid-ear infections.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 10 Nov. 2022
• With heavy antibiotic use, bacteria evolve to thwart their effects.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
• She was prescribed the antibiotic ciprofloxacin, the painkiller oxycodone, and generic Zofran ondansetron, which prevents nausea and vomiting.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024