antibiotic
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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
The findings, published online Sept. 30 in the journal Nature, also showed that sugary diets combined with antibiotic treatment were associated with increases in Enterococcus faecium among patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It was like taking only one pill of your antibiotic regime,” says Rafael Simon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It will take nearly a century for science to develop the first "antibiotic," penicillin, to counter infections.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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
"Obviously it can be a very severe infection," he said, but he warned against taking a course of antibiotics without known exposure.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
If the first round of antibiotics didn’t cure a patient, a retreatment with the same drugs, plus one, was prescribed.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing antibiotic
Power Prefix: Anti
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Words to Live By: Bio
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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