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What are amoxycillin and dicoxacillin used for?
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Infections: These are the names for several antibiotics in the penicillin family.
Answered 1/10/2014
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Penicillins but: Diclocacillin is reserved mainly to treat staph infections. Amoxacillin is more broad in its coverage and can be used for other organisms and has less activity towards staph.
Answered 1/18/2014
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