A drug may be classified by the chemical type of the active ingredient or by the way it is used to treat a particular condition. Each drug can be classified into one or more drug classes.
Inhaled anti-infectives are agents that act locally, in the lungs to treat infection. Inhaled antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infection and antiviral medicines treat viral infections. These anti-infectives are inhaled either as dry powder or as a solution via a nebulizer.
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Medical conditions associated with inhaled anti-infectives:
- Bacteremia
- Bacterial Infection
- Bone infection
- Burns, External
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Endocarditis
- Febrile Neutropenia
- Hepatitis C
- Influenza
- Influenza Prophylaxis
- Intraabdominal Infection
- Kidney Infections
- Leishmaniasis
- Meningitis
- Peritonitis
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia
- Pneumocystis Pneumonia Prophylaxis
- Pneumonia
- Rabbit Fever
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Sepsis
- Shunt Infection
- Skin Infection
- Swine Flu
- Trypanosomiasis
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