doxycycline
noun
doxy·cy·cline
ˌdäk-sə-ˈsī-ˌklēn 
: a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic C22H24N2O8 used orally to treat various bacterial infections
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Two antibiotics are used to treat syphilis, the injectable penicillin and an oral drug called doxycycline.
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Catherine Sweeney, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
The scientists genetically engineered male mice to carry Xist on one of their chromosomes and to produce the RNA molecule any time the animals were injected with doxycycline, an antibiotic.
—Jonathan Wosen Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
Difficult diagnosis In the California man's case, published Wednesday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a four-week course of doxycycline seemed to work without any severe treatment reaction.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
The standard treatment for patients with this condition is the antibiotic doxycycline.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2023
The disease can progress quickly in infected patients and can become deadly if not treated early with the antibiotic doxycycline.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
Most early Lyme disease cases are curable with a two- to four-week regimen of oral antibiotics such as doxycycline and amoxicillin.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
Patients who are not pregnant can use the antibiotic doxycycline to treat syphilis, but health officials are concerned that the 14- to 28-day timeline of treatment is difficult to complete, leaving infected people uncured.
—Bymike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 8 Nov. 2023
The studies found that a single dose of doxycycline could more than halve the rate of bacterial infection in MSM and transgender women.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2023
Catherine Sweeney, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
The scientists genetically engineered male mice to carry Xist on one of their chromosomes and to produce the RNA molecule any time the animals were injected with doxycycline, an antibiotic.
—Jonathan Wosen Reprints, STAT, 1 Feb. 2024
Difficult diagnosis In the California man's case, published Wednesday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a four-week course of doxycycline seemed to work without any severe treatment reaction.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 13 Apr. 2023
The standard treatment for patients with this condition is the antibiotic doxycycline.
—Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2023
The disease can progress quickly in infected patients and can become deadly if not treated early with the antibiotic doxycycline.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
Most early Lyme disease cases are curable with a two- to four-week regimen of oral antibiotics such as doxycycline and amoxicillin.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
Patients who are not pregnant can use the antibiotic doxycycline to treat syphilis, but health officials are concerned that the 14- to 28-day timeline of treatment is difficult to complete, leaving infected people uncured.
—Bymike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 8 Nov. 2023
The studies found that a single dose of doxycycline could more than halve the rate of bacterial infection in MSM and transgender women.
—Sara Reardon, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2023
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doxycycline
noun
doxy·cy·cline
ˌdäk-sə-ˈsī-ˌklēn
: a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic C22H24N2O8 used orally to treat various bacterial infections
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