“What is the best antibiotic to treat pneumonia?”
I am a 38 year old female. I want to know what is the best antibiotic to treat pneumonia?
3 Answers
This is a complicated answer. First of all most pneumoniae are viral. Which means antibiotics don’t work for it. To characterize whether your pneumonia is viral or bacterial, your doctor may do a physical exam or even order a chest x-ray for you. The pattern of your lungs in the chest x-ray is another clue on what type of pneumonia you have.
That depends on what kind of pneumonia it is. Remember, antibiotics target particular bacteria.
There is no best one...depends on the organism that causes the infection...but the most used for Community acquired pneumonia is erythromycin...
