How to Use ceftriaxone in a Sentence

ceftriaxone

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Definition of ceftriaxonenext
  • It’s also not a super thing to hear because azithromycin and ceftriaxone are the standard treatments for gonorrhea.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • All patients also received the antibiotics ceftriaxone and azithromycin as part of their treatment.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Health officials have tried targeting the man's disease with the antibiotics azithromycin and ceftriaxone, but with no success.
    — National Geographic, 29 Mar. 2018
  • But this British man’s case appears to be resistant to both the main anti-gonorrhea drugs azithromycin and ceftriaxone, which are often used in combination.
    — Scott Berson, star-telegram, 28 Mar. 2018
  • That said, the CDC points out that if the initial symptoms of Lyme aren't caught early enough and spread to the nervous system or heart, intravenous treatment with antibiotics such as ceftriaxone or penicillin may be used.
    — Leah Groth, Health.com, 12 June 2020
  • The bacteria that have grown will be measured for resistance to five antibiotics, including ciprofloxacin and the last-resort drugs cefixime and ceftriaxone.
    — Sophie Cousins, CNN, 15 May 2018
  • Though the man in England had an especially persistent case of gonorrhea, this is far from the first time resistance to azithromycin and ceftriaxone has appeared on experts’ radar.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 31 May 2018
  • This strain has a high-level of resistance to azithromycin and resistance to ceftriaxone, cefixime, cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • Samples taken from seven patients in Hawaii earlier that year showed increased resistance to azithromycin, and five of them showed increased resistance to ceftriaxone as well.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • In the past, most antibiotic-resistant strains gonorrhea could be still be treated by using a combination of the drugs ceftriaxone and oral azithromycin or doxycycline.
    — Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 21 July 2017
  • First line treatment for gonorrhea is a combination of 2 antibiotics (azithromycin and ceftriaxone).
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The bacterial infection was treated with two antibiotics, azithromycin and ceftriaxone, but subsequent tests still came back positive for the disease, the officials said.
    — Lindsey Bever, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • After efforts to treat the bacteria with two known antibiotics — azithromycin and ceftriaxone — failed, health officials began treating him with an IV of ertapenem, which tackles infections.
    — Linley Sanders, Teen Vogue, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The current recommended cure — an injection of a drug called ceftriaxone, given in combination with a second antibiotic, azithromycin — is the last good option to treat this infection, and there are already signs that its days may be numbered.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 July 2018
  • Pfizer treated about 100 other children with ceftriaxone, the gold standard for meningitis treatment.
    — Sushma Subramanian, Slate Magazine, 26 Feb. 2017
  • First-line treatment for gonorrhea is a combination of two antibiotics (azithromycin and ceftriaxone), and this is the first global report of an infection with high-level resistance to both drugs, according to Public Health England.
    — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 28 Mar. 2018
  • These are concerning statistics because the most recent recommended treatment for gonorrhea is a combination of azithromycin and the cephalosporin ceftriaxone.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 July 2017
  • Cases of ceftriaxone-resistant gonorrhea have been reported previously, in Canada, Japan, France, and Scandinavia, to name a few.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Researchers compared it to injectable ceftriaxone and found promising results, with side effects mainly limited to mild gastrointestinal issues.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 15 Nov. 2018
  • An abstract was released this morning about an isolate with significant cefixime and ceftriaxone resistance.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 11 July 2011
  • Last year, WHO updated their global treatment recommendations to suggest doctors treat gonorrhea with a combination of two antibiotics: ceftriaxone and azithromycin.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 14 July 2017
  • People with certain neurological or cardiac forms of illness may require intravenous treatment with antibiotics such as ceftriaxone or penicillin.
    — Kara Driscoll, ajc, 7 May 2018
  • Eventually, the infection was successfully treated using ceftriaxone and azithromycin, with no adverse effects.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2021

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