GYNECOLOGICAL ANTIINFECTIVES AND ANTISEPTICS

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Clindamycin		For the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible anaerobic bacteria (anaerobes, streptococci, pneumococci, and staphylococci)
Clotrimazole		For the local treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis and vaginal yeast
Ketoconazole		For the treatment of the following systemic fungal infections: candidiasis, chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, oral thrush, candiduria, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis, chromomycosis, and paracoccidioidomycosis
Metronidazole		Treatment of acute acne rosacea
Oxytetracycline		Oxytetracycline is indicated for treatment of infections caused by a variety of Gram positive and Gram negative microorganisms including Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Pasteurella pestis, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae (respiratory infections), and Diplococcus pneumoniae.
Terconazole		Candidiasis (a yeast-like fungal infection) of the vulva and vagina
Tetracycline		For the treatment of infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, chlamydiae, and rickettsiae, syphilis gonorrhea; For the treatment of respiratory infections, bacterial enteritis, meningcoccal carrier state, Lyme disease, cholera, brucellosis, leptospirosis, plague, and acne.