Sentences with phrase «other antibiotics reduced»

Researchers reported that preventive therapy with levofloxacin or other antibiotics reduced the odds of infection, including fevers and bloodstream infections, by 70 percent or more in ALL patients with neutropenia during induction therapy.

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It's been shown that Manuka and other bioactive honeys may kill some types of antibiotic - resistant bacteria, help to heal wounds and reduce inflammation, among other benefits.

Many rheumatologists, for example, now prescribe long - term — even lifelong — courses of antibiotics for inflammatory arthritis, even though it isn't known if the antibiotics actually clear away bacteria or reduce inflammatory arthritis in some other unknown manner.

Patterson said that, according to this study and earlier research, tempol and antibiotics appear to reduce some types of Lactobacillus — an intestinal bacteria that converts lactose and other sugars into lactic acid.

«Although many people may be reluctant to immediately go to a doctor, all bites to the hand should receive medical care,» said orthopaedic surgeon and lead study author Stephen A. Kennedy, MD. «And while routine antibiotics are not necessarily recommended for other bite wounds, they are recommended for a bite to the hand to reduce the risk of infection and disability.»

This is a desirable feature for a helper drug as it would reduce the risk of treatment failure due to factors other than antibiotic resistance (e.g. biofilms, immunosuppression, etc.), allow dose reduction for toxic antibiotics such as colistin, and possibly even prevent selection of resistant mutants» says Guardabassi.

For decades, there has been a significant effort led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Although most cases of strep throat heal on their own, antibiotic treatment reduce symptoms decrease transmission to others, and can prevent rare but serious complications such as damage to heart valves.

Restricting the movement of the drug also reduces potentially harmful secondary effects on other parts of the body — for instance, the hair loss that can result from toxic cancer treatments, or the loss of so - called good bacteria due to antibiotic use.

Other sources of dry eye include drug toxicity (antibiotics such as sulphadiazine and sulphasalazine can cause temporary or permanent dry eye in some animals), drug - induced reaction (atropine and topical anesthetics temporarily reduce tear production), neurological impairment (damage to the nerves leading to the lacrimal glands), removal of the third eyelid (see Cherry Eye), systemic disease (e.g. distemper), chronic conjunctivitis, trauma to the tear glands, hypothyroidism, congenital disease (some dogs are born without lacrimal glands), breed predisposition.

The presence of secondary bacterial infection, pneumonia, dehydration, or other health factors may warrant additional diagnostic and treatments including, but not limited to: broad - spectrum antibiotic, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications as needed to reduce fever and inflammation, fluids to help correct dehydration or maintain hydration.

«Antibiotics... reduce the number of bacteria excreted in the stool, thereby reducing the risk of infection to other pets or members of the household.»

Although antibiotics may not shorten the duration of illness, they will reduce the number of bacteria excreted in the stool, thereby reducing the risk of infection to other pets or members of the household.