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antibiotic

[an-ti-bahy-ot-ik, -bee-, an-tee-, -tahy-] / ˌæn tɪ baɪˈɒt ɪk, -bi-, ˌæn ti-, -taɪ- /


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"You end up hunting for a decent length of antibiotic courses that will give you some relief," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

"You're altering the microbiome of your gut, and perhaps creating antibiotic resistant bacteria in your body that will fight off the drug therapy the next time you really need it," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Because their whole function is killing bacteria, they contribute to the broader antimicrobial-resistance crisis, where bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotic drugs,” says Fuoco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

In mice, circulating levels of these metabolites remained high even after antibiotic treatment disrupted the microbiome.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

She’d brought the box of bandages and antibiotic ointments from the bathroom, and she pulled Akira into a chair to see to the burn on her arm.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Chronic UTIs are infections where symptoms do not go away, and do not clear with a short course of antibiotics.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

For more frequent breakouts, they might prescribe higher-strength regimens such as antibiotics or medicines with tretinoin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some strains have developed resistance to multiple antibiotics and are responsible for difficult-to-treat infections acquired in hospitals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

First, though plague is usually fatal without treatment, we have very effective antibiotics, which can also be taken prophylactically by people who came in contact with someone infected.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

No one he talked to there even knew that the patents on all but one class of the second-line antibiotics had expired years ago.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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