Definition
Definition
Antibiotics can have side effects that limit their further use (usually within a particular family of antibiotics).
Generalities
List (non-exhaustive) of possible side effects during antibiotic therapy
- Allergic reactions on the skin
- Severe reaction, shock (organs are no longer able to perform their functions)
- Diarrhea due to changes in intestinal flora (all the bacteria contained in the intestines)
- Nausea, sometimes even vomiting
- Appearance of a mycosis (presence of fungi in the digestive tract: mainly candidiasis) resulting in a whitish deposit on the tongue (coated tongue)
- Liver, neurological, blood, auditory, renal toxicity
List of side effects for each specific antibiotic:
- Aminoglycosides (streptomycin, amikacin, dibekacin gentamicin, tobramycin): allergic reaction, gastrointestinal (including liver) toxicity
- Antituberculosis drugs (ethambutol, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifampicin, streptomycin): blood and digestive toxicity
- Beta-lactams 1 (penicillin G, ampicillin): allergy, toxicity of the hearing, digestive (including hepatic), renal, blood systems
- Beta-lactams 2 (cefalosporins, cefalexin, cefazolin): digestive toxicity (including hepatic), allergic reaction, neurological and renal toxicity
- Lincosanides (clindamycin): auditory and renal toxicity