1 An older antibiotic, but still in use, and effective where you might be allergic to the penicillins. However, it may cause various types of stomach upset, and so is usually kept in reserve.  Clindamycin is the 500lb. gorilla of tooth abscess antibiotics used in dentistry.
A communicable disease is an illness transmitted through contact with microorganisms. People, animals, food, surfaces, and air can all be carriers of the microorganisms that pass infectious illnesses from one host to the next.
Communicable. Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases or communicable diseases comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism.ommunicable. Infectious diseases, also known as transmissible diseases or communicable diseases comprise clinically evident illness (i.e., characteristic medical signs and/or symptoms of disease) resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism.