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Cefixime vs Metronidazole - What's the difference?

cefixime | metronidazole |

As nouns the difference between cefixime and metronidazole

is that cefixime is an oral cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and otitis media while metronidazole is an antibiotic of the nitroimidazole group, used to treat a range of bacterial, fungal and protozoan infections.

cefixime

English

Noun

(-)
  • An oral cephalosporin antibiotic used to treat gonorrhea, tonsillitis, pharyngitis and otitis media.

    • External links

    * ("cefixime" on Wikipedia)

    metronidazole

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine) An antibiotic of the nitroimidazole group, used to treat a range of bacterial, fungal and protozoan infections

    • See also

    *(wikipedia "metronidazole")