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Antibiotic and Empiric therapy

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Difference between Antibiotic and Empiric therapy

Antibiotic vs. Empiric therapy

An antibiotic (from ancient Greek αντιβιοτικά, antibiotiká), also called an antibacterial, is a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections. Empiric therapy or empirical therapy is therapy based on experience and, more specifically, therapy begun on the basis of a clinical educated guess in the absence of complete or perfect information.

Similarities between Antibiotic and Empiric therapy

Antibiotic and Empiric therapy have 9 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bacteria, Broad-spectrum antibiotic, Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, Infection, Mechanism of action, Pneumonia, Therapy, Traditional medicine.

Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Broad-spectrum antibiotic

The term broad-spectrum antibiotic can refer to an antibiotic that acts on the two major bacterial groups, gram-positive and gram-negative, or any antibiotic that acts against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria.

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Gram-negative bacteria

Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the gram-staining method of bacterial differentiation.

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Gram-positive bacteria

Gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their cell wall.

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Infection

Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce.

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Mechanism of action

In pharmacology, the term mechanism of action (MOA) refers to the specific biochemical interaction through which a drug substance produces its pharmacological effect.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.

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Therapy

Therapy (often abbreviated tx, Tx, or Tx) is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis.

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Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within various societies before the era of modern medicine.

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Antibiotic and Empiric therapy Comparison

Antibiotic has 271 relations, while Empiric therapy has 44. As they have in common 9, the Jaccard index is 2.86% = 9 / (271 + 44).

References

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