Tetracycline

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INDICATIONS

FDA

  • Alternative in PCN-allergic patients: syphilis, yaws, Vincent’s infections and infections caused by N. gonorrhoeae (no longer recommended), B. anthracis, L. monocytogenes, Actinomyces spp., and Clostridium spp.
  • URI and lower respiratory tract infections
  • Skin and soft tissue infections
  • Granuloma inguinale
  • Psittacosis caused by Chlamydia psittaci.
  • Typhus infections, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsial infections
  • Q fever
  • Infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Infections caused by Borrelia spp.
  • Bartonella bacilliformis 
  • H. ducreyi 
  • F. tularensis 
  • Y. pestis 
  • V. cholerae 
  • Brucella spp.
  • Campylobacter fetus
  • Adjunctive to intestinal amebiasis cause by E. histolytica
  • Infections caused by susceptible strains of E. coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Shigella spp., Acinetobacter spp. Klebsiella spp., Bacteroides spp.
  • Acne vulgaris

NON-FDA APPROVED USES

  • H. pylori-related peptic ulcer disease (in combination with bismuth subsalicylate and metronidazole)
  • Gingivitis/periodontitis

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INDICATIONS

FDA

  • Alternative in PCN-allergic patients: syphilis, yaws, Vincent’s infections and infections caused by N. gonorrhoeae (no longer recommended), B. anthracis, L. monocytogenes, Actinomyces spp., and Clostridium spp.
  • URI and lower respiratory tract infections
  • Skin and soft tissue infections
  • Granuloma inguinale
  • Psittacosis caused by Chlamydia psittaci.
  • Typhus infections, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, rickettsial infections
  • Q fever
  • Infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Infections caused by Borrelia spp.
  • Bartonella bacilliformis 
  • H. ducreyi 
  • F. tularensis 
  • Y. pestis 
  • V. cholerae 
  • Brucella spp.
  • Campylobacter fetus
  • Adjunctive to intestinal amebiasis cause by E. histolytica
  • Infections caused by susceptible strains of E. coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Shigella spp., Acinetobacter spp. Klebsiella spp., Bacteroides spp.
  • Acne vulgaris

NON-FDA APPROVED USES

  • H. pylori-related peptic ulcer disease (in combination with bismuth subsalicylate and metronidazole)
  • Gingivitis/periodontitis

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