Meningitis : Drugs

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Ampicillin is an antibiotic in the penicillin group of drugs. It fights bacteria in your body.
Source:Multum
Aztreonam is an antibiotic that fights severe or life-threatening infection caused by bacteria.
Source:Multum
Cefotaxime is in a group of drugs called cephalosporin (SEF a low spor in) antibiotics. It works by fighting bacteria in your body.
Source:Multum
Ceftriaxone is in a group of drugs called cephalosporin (SEF a low spor in) antibiotics. It works by fighting bacteria in your body.
Source:Multum
Gentamicin is an antibiotic. It fights bacteria in the body.
Source:Multum
Meropenem is an antibiotic. It fights bacteria in the body.
Source:Multum
Moxifloxacin is an antibiotic in the class of drugs called fluoroquinolones. It fights bacteria in the body.
Source:Multum
Penicillin V is an antibiotic in the penicillin group of drugs. It fights bacteria in your body.
Source:Multum
Penicillin G potassium is an antibiotic that fights bacteria in your body.
Source:Multum
Penicillins are a group of closely related antibiotics that kill bacteria. There are several types of penicillins, each used to treat different kinds of infections, such as skin infections, dental infections, ear infections, respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and other infections caused by bacteria.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The first of the first-generation antibiotics, Penicillium notatum is naturally produced by a mold. It was discovered serendipitously by British bacteriologist Alexander Fleming in 1928, and later developed successfully as a powerful therapeutic weapon by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim are both antibiotics that treat different types of infection caused by bacteria.
Source:Multum
Vancomycin is an antibiotic. It fights bacteria in the body.
Source:Multum
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