Antibiotics and Bacterial Infections

Antibiotics and Public Health

Antibiotics are strong medicines that treat bacterial infections. Common illnesses caused by bacteria are urinary tract infections, strep throat, pneumonia and more. Antibiotics can treat bacterial infections by killing the bacteria that causes them. Tetracycline is often used to treat acne and rosacea. Sulfonamides used to treat UTIs, bronchitis, eye and ear infections, pneumonia and bacterial meningitis. Cephalosporin can be used to treat UTIs, ear and skin infections, respiratory infections, bacterial meningitis, and sepsis. Overuse of antibiotics results development of resistance bacteria which cannot respond to previously used antibiotics and this becomes a widespread problem for the public health.