What diseases are treated with antibiotics?

Question

What diseases are treated with antibiotics?

Answer 1

Bacterial infections. Be aware that viral infections do not respond to antibiotics.



However, some drugs considered in the "antibiotics" class are used to treat cancers, called chemotherapy antibiotics. These include plicamycin, bleomycin, etc.

Answer 2

Diseases caused by bacteria. Antibiotics DO NOT work on viruses. And its very important you finish the whole cure given to you by the doctor, even if symptoms disappear earlier. Otherwise you risk developing antibiotic-resistant bacteria and then you're in trouble

Answer 3

Bacterial ones or Biotica meaning living thing, hence anti-biotics. They are of no use for "natural" occuring disease or viral infections in fact the use of them in unneeded situations decreases their usefulness.

Answer 4

bacterial infectious diseases

Answer 5

everything even the diseases you can't get rid

Answer 6

what Orlando said^