Antibiotics

Gum Disease : Antibiotic Treatments, Oral Health and Overall Health
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Antibiotic treatments can be used either in combination with surgery and other therapies, or alone, to reduce or temporarily eliminate the bacteria associated with periodontal disease.

Bacterial Meningitis: Vaccines, Antibiotics
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Bacterial meningitis is a particular concern in children. Left untreated, it can be fatal. Fortunately, antibiotics can usually halt its progress, and vaccinating babies can often stop the leading agent of this disease dead in its tracks.

Antibiotic Resistant Infections
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
When penicillin became widely available during the second world war, it was a medical miracle, rapidly vanquishing the biggest wartime killer - infected wounds.

Antibiotic Resistance : Frequently Asked Questions
by CDC
Bacteria are single-celled organisms usually found all over the inside and outside of our bodies, except in the blood and spinal fluid. Many bacteria are not harmful. In fact, some are actually beneficial. However, disease-causing bacteria trigger illness

Antibiotic Resistance and Overuse
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Antibiotic resistance isn't a new problem; resistant disease strains began emerging not long after the discovery of antibiotics more than 50 years ago. Penicillin and other antibiotics, which were initially viewed as miracle drugs for their ability

Antibiotic Resistance
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA moves to withdraw approval for a poultry drug linked to antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter infections in humans. New evidence that drugs used in poultry can cause antibiotic-resistant infections in consumers spurred the FDA

Antibiotic Resistance
by Health Canada
There is an increasing concern around the world that certain organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are becoming resistant to the drugs used to fight them. An example of this is the increasing resistance in antibiotics to treat bacterial

Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The public, health professionals, industry, and regulators all have a role in preserving the value of antibiotic drugs. Bacteria, which are organisms so small that they are not visible to the naked eye, live all around us - in drinking water, food, soil

Understanding Antimicrobial Resistance
by National Institute of Health
Since antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs first became widely used in the World War II era, they have saved countless lives and blunted serious complications of many feared diseases and infections.