Like tetracycline, it was derived from filamentous bacteria that dwell in both soil and water.
Contact and ingested forms respond best to treatment, with any of the antibiotics currently on the market--penicillin, tetracycline, doxycycline and fluoroquinolones such as .
Tetracycline, which kills bacteria by disabling a cellular structure known as the ribosome, is the target of one such effort.
LISA Faulkner in Aberdeen Press and Journal I'd had courses of tetracycline pills in the past when I'd been filming,Lisa explains. "They help take the redness down, but I just hate taking them."