antimicrobial therapy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofantimicrobialandtherapy
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antimicrobial
adjective
uk/ˌæn.ti.maɪˈkrəʊ.bi.əl/us/ˌæn.t̬i.maɪˈkroʊ.bi.əl/
able to destroy harmful microbes (= small living things that can ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈθer.ə.pi/us/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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(Definition ofantimicrobialandtherapyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Both of them fell ill again after the course ofantimicrobialtherapywith macrolides.
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Stool examination could have been affected by the previousantimicrobialtherapyadministered to the child.
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The rationale for not treating asymptomatic bacteriuric catheterized patients is that the bacterial flora changes rapidly, and might be enhanced byantimicrobialtherapy.
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Patients, who had receivedantimicrobialtherapyfor their illness, before attending the hospital, were excluded from the study.
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In those episodes treated with adequateantimicrobialtherapy, the mortality was 76.9 %, compared to 100 % in patients treated inadequately.
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Antimicrobialtherapyis only an adjunct but should be appropriate and include anti-anaerobic cover with metronidazole and either clindamycin or penicillin.
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Frontline neonatologists faced with sick newborns clinically suspected of fulminant sepsis, can not yet rely on any combination of infection markers to confidently withholdantimicrobialtherapyat onset.
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It is clear that increased attention needs to be paid toantimicrobialtherapyin their programmes of postgraduate education and vocational training.
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It has a high death rate of about 50%, even withantimicrobialtherapy.
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Surgical debridement is rarely required after an extended course of parenteralantimicrobialtherapy.
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Treatment includes performing surgical drainage and administration ofantimicrobialtherapy.
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After diagnosed, they were given effectiveantimicrobialtherapy.
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The response of irradiated animals toantimicrobialtherapycan be unpredictable, as was evident in experimental studies where metronidazole and pefloxacin therapies were detrimental.
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Fungal infections can also emerge in those that failantimicrobialtherapyand stay febrile for over 710 days.
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The response of irradiated animals toantimicrobialtherapyis sometimes unpredictable, as was evident in experimental studies where metronidazole and pefloxacin therapies were detrimental.
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Alternatively, an interval free of hospitalizations,antimicrobialtherapy, and invasive devices (e.g., 6 or 12 months) before reculturing patients to document clearance of carriage may be used.
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Ideally, noantimicrobialtherapyshould be administered until microbiological microscopy and culture studies have established the specific infection involved.
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