"Intravenous antibiotics" refers to the process of administering medicines directly into the bloodstream through a small tube called a cannula or an IV. These antibiotics are used to treat severe infections that cannot be treated effectively with oral medications alone.
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«intravenous»
«antibiotics»
Sentences with «intravenous antibiotics»
- After back surgery, he developed a spinal fluid leak which lead to a bacterial infection, a second surgery and weeks of intravenous antibiotics before he could start physical therapy. (maineemployeerights.com)
- I put him on intravenous antibiotics for six months, and then switched him to oral antibiotics for several years. (discovermagazine.com)
- Kornblau was in the hospital for intravenous antibiotic treatment. (si.com)
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