antibiotics

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Legionnaires is treatable with antibiotics, but early treatment improves the odds of recovery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"The fact that they have the infection means that we have the same preventative measure and will try and identify the contacts and protect them with antibiotics and vaccines."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The CDC advises that consulting a doctor before taking anti-diarrhea medicine or antibiotics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“Beauty of the Beasts” explains that even now, in our era of antibiotics, wound cleaning by maggots is typically the safest, most effective therapy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Sometimes there is no food for the migrants; she must ration antibiotics and not give patients a full dose; she runs out of gauze and must use boiled rags instead.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario