Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Azithromycin
Azithromycin is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
To view the entire topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription.
Pediatrics Central™ is an all-in-one application that puts valuable medical information, via your mobile device or the web, in the hands of clinicians treating infants, children, and adolescents. Explore these free sample topics:
-- The first section of this topic is shown below --
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Community-acquired pneumonia of mild severity (20%-30% of S. pneumoniae strains resistant to azithromycin but clinical significance unknown)
- Pharyngitis/tonsillitis
- Acute bacterial sinusitis.
- Acute otitis media (pediatric)
- Acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Treatment and prophylaxis of disseminated M. avium infection (treatment requires co-administration with ethambutol)
- Uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections
- Urethritis and cervicitis (caused by GC and C. trachomatis)
- Genital ulcer disease
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Toxoplasmosis (with pyrimethamine)
- Meningococcal meningitis prophylaxis
- Uncomplicated treatment of falciparum malaria (in combination with artesunate)
- Pertussis
- Anti-inflammatory therapy in children with cystic fibrosis
-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please sign in or purchase a subscription --
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Community-acquired pneumonia of mild severity (20%-30% of S. pneumoniae strains resistant to azithromycin but clinical significance unknown)
- Pharyngitis/tonsillitis
- Acute bacterial sinusitis.
- Acute otitis media (pediatric)
- Acute bacterial exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Treatment and prophylaxis of disseminated M. avium infection (treatment requires co-administration with ethambutol)
- Uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections
- Urethritis and cervicitis (caused by GC and C. trachomatis)
- Genital ulcer disease
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Toxoplasmosis (with pyrimethamine)
- Meningococcal meningitis prophylaxis
- Uncomplicated treatment of falciparum malaria (in combination with artesunate)
- Pertussis
- Anti-inflammatory therapy in children with cystic fibrosis
There's more to see -- the rest of this entry is available only to subscribers.
Last updated: October 1, 2018
Citation
Pham, Paul A. "Azithromycin." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540040/all/Azithromycin.
Pham PA. Azithromycin. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540040/all/Azithromycin. Accessed January 20, 2020.
Pham, P. A. (2018). Azithromycin. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540040/all/Azithromycin
Pham PA. Azithromycin [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2020 January 20]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540040/all/Azithromycin.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Azithromycin
ID - 540040
A1 - Pham,Paul,Pharm.D.
Y1 - 2018/10/01/
BT - Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
UR - https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540040/all/Azithromycin
PB - The Johns Hopkins University
DB - Pediatrics Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -