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.
Gli antibiotici furono usati per pazienti in queste condizioni, ma anche, piuttosto con leggerezza, in alcuni casi di semplice raffreddore  o febbre, che potevano non reagire all'antibiotico e furono anche usati  in grandi quantità a livello sub-terapeutico,  ossia in piccole concentrazioni, per far crescere galline e maiali.