Doxycycline:Brand name:Vibramycin. A synthetic broad-spectrum抗生素derived fromtetracycline.Doxycyclineis used for many different types of infections, includingrespiratorytract infections due to Hemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, orMycoplasmapneumoniae. It is also used for the treatment of nongonococcalurethritis(due toUreaplasma), Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus,chancroid, cholera, brucellosis, syphilis, and acne.
Doxycycline is also of relevance to bioterrorism since the疾病预防控制中心(US Centers for疾病Control& Prevention) recommends it as "the drug of choice" for anyone who may have been exposed to anthrax. Doxycycline has fewerside effects, costs less and is more available than环丙沙星.
