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Bacterial Infections: Benzathine benzylpenicillin is primarily used to treat infections caused by susceptible bacteria. It is effective against a wide range of gram-positive bacteria, including Streptococcus species and some strains of Staphylococcus aureus.
Strep Throat (Streptococcal Pharyngitis): Benzathine benzylpenicillin is commonly used to treat strep throat, a bacterial infection of the throat caused by group A Streptococcus bacteria. It helps alleviate symptoms and prevent complications such as rheumatic fever or scarlet fever.
Rheumatic Fever Prophylaxis: Benzathine benzylpenicillin is also used for the prevention of recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever, a serious inflammatory condition that can affect the heart, joints, skin, and brain. It is given to individuals with a history of rheumatic fever to prevent further streptococcal infections.
Syphilis: Benzathine benzylpenicillin is one of the primary treatments for syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It is typically administered as a single injection, particularly in the early stages of the disease.
Other Bacterial Infections: Benzathine benzylpenicillin may also be used to treat other bacterial infections, such as certain types of pneumonia, skin infections, and bacterial endocarditis (infection of the heart valves).
Prophylaxis in Surgical Procedures: In some cases, benzathine benzylpenicillin may be used prophylactically to prevent surgical site infections in individuals undergoing certain surgical procedures, particularly those involving the heart or joints.
Prevention of Group B Streptococcal Infections in Newborns: Pregnant women who are carriers of group B Streptococcus may receive benzathine benzylpenicillin during labor to reduce the risk of transmitting the bacteria to their newborns, which can cause serious infections in infants.
We extend modifiers to include items that changes the parent and child taxa. I.e. for a species, that would be the genus that is belongs to and the strains in the species.
A higher number indicates impact on more bacteria associated with the condition and confidence on the impact.
We have X bacteria high and Y low reported. We find that the modifier reduces some and increases other of these two groups. We just tally: X|reduces + Y|Increase = Positive β X|increases + Y|decrease = Negative.
Benefit Ratio:
Numbers above 0 have increasing positive effect.
Numbers below 0 have increasing negative effect.