Metronidazole inatibu nini?

Metronidazole ni dawa ya antibiotiki inaotumika kutibu magonjwa yanayosababishwa na bakteria wanaouliwa na dawa hii: Baadhi ya magonjwa hayo ni:

• Maambukizi ya bakteria wa anaerobiki ( Haswa katika vidondo)

• Magonjwa ya zinaa (Huchanganywa na dawa zingine)

• Vaginosis ya bakteria

• Maambukizi baada ya upasuaji wa utumbo mpana

• Maambukizi ya trikomoniasisi

• Ugonjwa wa amoeba

• Maambukizi ya gardinela

• Maambukizi ya vimelea wa vidonda vya tumbo (Helikobakter pairoli). Hutumika na dawa zingine

• Michomokinga kwenye mrija wa urethra isiyosababishwa na kisonono

• Magonjwa ya michomokinga ndani ya ogani za nyonga kutokana na maambukizi ya magonjwa ya zinaa

• Ugonjwa wa tumbo wa Crohn's

Vimelea gani huuliwa na metronidazole?

Ingawa vimelea hutengeneza usugu kwenye dawa hivyo kutoweza kuuliwa na dawa ambayo awali ilikuwa ikifanya hivyo, vimelea wafuatao hufahamika kuuliwa na dawa hii.

Vimelea jamii ya protozoa

• Entamoeba histolytica

• Giardia lamblia

• Trichomonas vaginalis

• Gardnerella vaginalis

• Blastocysts

• Balantidium coli

  
  

Vimelea jamii ya bakteria

• Spishi za Peptostreptococci

• Spishi za Clostridia spp

• Bacteroides

• Fusobacterium

• Helikobacter pyroli

• Clostridium difficile

Wapi utapata malezo zaidi kuhusu metronidazole

Pata maelezo zaidi katika makala za

• Metronidazole

• Metronidazole na ujauzito

Rejea za mada

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