Word: amoxicillin
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...spot. There's no telltale rash, as occurs in Lyme disease. Nor is there an easy test for it. Doctors must rely on such circumstantial evidence as a low level of white blood cells and abnormal spots on those cells. And an antibiotic commonly prescribed for Lyme disease--amoxicillin--is useless for treating Ehrlichiosis. Fortunately, there's another drug, doxycycline, that does the trick. Left untreated, however, severe cases of the infection can kill in a few days...
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...telltale warning signs. Nor is there a definitive test for the disease. Doctors must base their diagnosis on such circumstantial evidence as abnormal spots on white blood cells and a low level of white cells or platelets in the blood. Furthermore, the drug most commonly used for Lyme disease -- amoxicillin -- is useless against the Ehrlichia bacteria...
...Peptic ulcers can be cured, not just treated, with antibiotics, reports the National Institutes of Health. A special panel has concluded that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes ulcers and can be wiped out by a combination of drugs such as tetracycline, metronidazole and amoxicillin...
...only treatment currently available for Lyme disease, which is caused by a spirochete, a type of bacteria, is antibiotics, typically amoxicillin. Telford's effort to bring the Lyme disease vaccine trial to Nantucket began several years ago with a phone call from Yale University researchers who told him: "We have a vaccine which works...