Doxycycline

Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic synthetically derived from oxytetracycline. It is a second-generation tetracycline that was first discovered in 1967. Second-generation tetracyclines exhibit lesser toxicity than first-generation tetracyclines. Doxycycline is used to treat a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections. It is also used to treat acne and malaria.

Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic synthetically derived from oxytetracycline. It is a second-generation tetracycline that was first discovered in 1967. Second-generation tetracyclines exhibit lesser toxicity than first-generation tetracyclines. Doxycycline is used to treat a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections. It is also used to treat acne and malaria.

Doxycycline is indicated for the treatment of various infections by gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, aerobes and anaerobes, as well other types of bacteria, including: It is also used to treat infections caused by the following gram-negative microorganisms:

• Acinetobacter Infections
• Anthrax
• Bacterial Infection caused by Enterobacter aerogenes
• Bartonellosis
• Brucellosis
• Campylobacter Infection
• Chancroid
• Chlamydia Trachomatis Infection
• Early Lyme Disease
• Granuloma Inguinale
• Infection Due to Escherichia Coli
• Inhalational Anthrax
• Klebsiella Infections
• Lymphogranuloma Venereum
• Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum
• Nongonococcal urethritis
• Plague caused by Yersinia pestis
• Psittacosis
• Rectal infection caused by Chlamydia Trachomatis
• Relapsing fever caused by Borrelia recurrentis
• Respiratory Tract Infection Bacterial
• Rickettsial infectious disorders
• Severe Acne
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
• Shigella Infection
• Trachoma inclusion conjunctivitis
• Tularemia
• Vibrio Cholerae Infection
• Acute Intestinal amebiasis
• Susceptible Bacterial Infections
• Uncomplicated endocervical infection
• Uncomplicated urethral infection