Question 1

can you relapse with c diff after a year out from treatment if you haven't had an antibiotic or hospital exposure? still scared from having it!

Accepted Answer

YES: once you get C diff you can relapse again. Usually it will occur with another hospitalization or antibiotic use. You should use a probiotic and eat yogurt on a regular basis.

Question 2

how long is antibiotic treatment?

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Depends: Antibiotic treatment varies greatly depending on the disease being treated and the antibiotic of choice. Treatments can vary from one day (ie z-max for otitis) tto months for conditions such as osteomyelitis.

Question 3

paronychia. what is the antibiotic most often used for treatment?

Accepted Answer

Seldom needs AB: Paronychia seldom needs therapy with antibiotics.  Usually frequent hot compresses and soaks will bring it to a head and allow either spontaneous drainage or opening with a blade.  If there is extension of the infection beyond the rim of the nail this requires more specific identification of the organism before treatment, but often drugs like clindamycin, Doxycycline and others can be started.

Question 4

what is the antibiotic most often used for treatment of paronychia?

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Often antibiotic: Is prescribed b u t 
 the paronychia may need to be unroofed, soaks often help in hydrogen peroxide, topical medications, topical antibiotics  like muciprocin or some old fashioned cure like gentian violet too. Much depends if it is acute bacterial or a chronic situation which may be fungal or yeast or due to skin changes at the nail skin interface.  You want to see someone if it doesnt work.

Question 5

what is the best antibiotic treatment for tonsillitis?

Accepted Answer

Peniciilin: Penicillin is the drug of choice for bacterial tonsillitis, Clindamycin is reasonable for penicillin allergic. Of course viral tonsillitis, which is more common, does not benefit from antibiotic usage.

Question 6

what's the best  antibiotic for treatment of septicemia?

Accepted Answer

Not one best drug: Septicemia, or an infection in the blood stream, can be caused by many different bacteria and therefore many different antibiotics may be needed.  It is important to have specific sensitivities as to what antibiotics the different bacteria are most sensitivie.  There is no simple answer but your physician will treat you with the best antibiotic for ou.

Question 7

what can you do if antibiotic treatment for tonsillitis fails?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria vs. viral: There are 2 possible answers to your question.  If a throat culture has not been taken, then all bets are off because you do not know the cause of your tonsillitis (presuming that is the correct diagnosis)  either an inappropriate antibiotic has  not been used or the cause is viral.  Make sure of the correct diagnosis and and get the correct treatment.

Question 8

why does the antibiotic treatment for osteomyelitis take so long?

Accepted Answer

Difficult infection: Osteomyelitis is an infection that has burrowed deep though skin and tissues and then into the bone. Antibiotics can be very difficult to get into the bone, which can also have low blood flow into the infected bone. Long courses of weeks of antibiotics may be needed.

Question 9

after antibiotic treatment, how long before a spider bite will go away?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Different spiders cause different reactions.
For less toxic spider bite, which are the most common, it usually takes 7-10 days.
To decrease pain and swelling, I have found the use of orally administered steroids to lessen pain and swelling.

Question 10

how many days after antibiotic treatment should a dr wait to obtain blood cultures?

Accepted Answer

Depends on why: Medicine is an art, with lots of subtleties. Millions of people start a course of antibiotics to treat infections, pretty much happens every day. Seldom do any of them get blood cultures after their course of antibiotics. So, this question can only be answered by one's doctor... because the doctor knows the whole story, and most importantly knows WHY. Why the antibiotics and why blood cultures.

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