ArticleSports health2014
Antibiotic precautions in athletes.
Article in Sports health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Optimizing Athlete Travel for Performance: A Scientific Blueprint for Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Medicine Staff.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Sports: The Scope of the Problem, Implications for Athletes' Health and Avenues for Collaborative Public Health Action.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Use of pharmaceuticals amongst athletes tested by Anti-Doping Norway in a five-year period.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Therapy and Athletes: Is the Mitochondrial Dysfunction the Real Achilles' Heel?Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Dysbiosis of the gut microbiome impairs mouse skeletal muscle adaptation to exercise.The Journal of physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
contextAntibiotics are the mainstay of treatment for bacterial infections in patients of all ages. Athletes who maximally train are at risk for illness and various infections. Routinely used antibiotics have been linked to tendon injuries, cardiac arrhythmias, diarrhea, photosensitivity, cartilage issues, and decreased performance. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Relevant articles published from 1989 to 2012 obtained through searching MEDLINE and OVID. Also, the Food and Drug Administration website was utilized. STUDY
designClinical review. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3.
resultsThe team physician should consider alternative medications in place of the "drug of choice" when adverse drug effects are a concern for an athlete's health or performance. If alternative medications cannot be selected, secondary preventative measures, including sunscreen or probiotics, may be needed.
conclusionPhysicians choose medications based on a variety of factors to help ensure infection resolution while limiting potential side effects. Extra precautions are indicated when treating athletes with certain antibiotics.
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