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norma
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 Posted: 06/09/06 - 00:00 Post subject: good and bad news regarding infectious disease specialist |
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HI, bad news is that I went to see doctor again, because medicine Amoxicillin was ineffective for my throat infection, and good , that he sent me to a specialist, so I hope to finally solve my infection. Could it be very serious, since I’m sent to a specialist?
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| Posted: 06/17/06 - 04:24 Post subject: |
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It means that your doctor doesn’t want to guess on his own to which antibiotic bacteria are susceptible. The infectious specialist will do antibiogram test , to see which antibiotic is the most effective in treating the specific bacteria, the one that has caused your infection. We have bacteria normally inhabiting our skin, mouth, digestive tract... When we use an antibiotic bacteria may develop resistance to it, especially if the antibiotic is taken for a longer time. The next time we try the same treatment , bacteria are not effected because they have defense mechanism. In order to avoid prescribing antibiotic with already developed resistance to it, an antibiogram is performed.
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