Now, antibiotics have been used for patients like this, but they've also been  used rather frivolously in some instances, for treating someone  with just a cold or the flu, which they might not have  responded to an antibiotic, and they've also been  used in large quantities sub-therapeutically, which means in small concentrations, to make chicken and hogs grow faster.
Os antibióticos téñense empregado en pacientes coma este aínda que tamén se empregaron á lixeira nalgunhas circunstancias, para tratar un simple constipado ou gripe, enfermidades elas con moi baixa resposta aos antibióticos. Tamén se teñen empregado de forma masiva, subterapeuticamente, é dicir, en baixas concentracións, co obxectivo de que galiñas  e porcos engorden moi rápido.