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Can clydamycin be used to treat bronchitis? i've seen the drug has coverage for pneumonia, but no description specifically mentions bronchitis.
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NO......: Unless you have special situation like oral sex relate......It is a antibiotic of frequent bad side effect, so use is selective.
Answered 10/22/2015
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Bronchitis: In 95% of cases, acute bronchitis is viral, so antibiotics in general would have no benefit. The mainstay of treatment here would really be steroids and inhalers. For the minority of cases that are bacterial, better antibiotic choices exist, such as Azithromycin or Levofloxacin.
Answered 8/12/2018
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