doxycycline

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Leptospirosis is treated with antibiotics, such as doxycycline or penicillin, which should be given early in the course of the disease.

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  1. noun A broad-spectrum antibiotic, C22H24N2O8, derived from tetracycline.

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  • After my body has built up a resistance to doxycycline, how long should I wait before it will work again? en Español —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • If you are taking monocycline, doxycycline, tetracycline, (3 antibiotics) or are on coumadin therapy, you should not take zinc treatment, due to zinc inhibiting the absorption of these medicines. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Leptospirosis is treated with antibiotics, such as doxycycline or penicillin, which should be given early in the course of the disease. —  Stabroek News
  • Oral tetracycline antibiotics (tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline) and topical antibiotics such as metronidazole are usually the first line of defense prescribed by doctors to relieve papules, pustules, inflammation and some redness. —  Find Me A Cure
  • Participants 623 non-immune travellers to sub-Saharan Africa: 153 each received either doxycycline, mefloquine, or the fixed combination chloroquine and proguanil, and 164 received the fixed combination atovaquone and proguanil. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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