Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Erythromycin
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Preoperative bowel preparation (with neomycin)
- Syphilis caused by Treponema pallidum (in patients allergic to the penicillins, but azithromycin preferred)
- Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and sinusitis
- Acute otitis media and pharyngitis
- Diphtheria infections due to Corynebacterium diphtheriae, as an adjunct to antitoxin
- Intestinal amebiasis caused by Entamoeba histolytica
- Conjunctivitis in the newborn caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
- Legionnaires disease
- Pertussis
- Rheumatic fever prophylaxis
- Upper respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae (when used concomitantly with adequate sulfonamide dosage),
- Labeled pathogens:
- Lower respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumonia, Streptococcus pyogenes or S. pneumonia
- Llisteriosis
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Erythrasma
- Acute inflammatory pelvic disease, uncomplicated urethral, endocervical, or rectal infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
- Ophthalmic formulation:
- Blepharitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Prophylaxis of ophthalmia neonatorum due to N. gonorrhoeae or C. trachomatis
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Last updated: November 12, 2023
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G, and Kathryn Dzintars. "Erythromycin." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin.
Auwaerter PG, Dzintars K. Erythromycin. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin. Accessed December 18, 2024.
Auwaerter, P. G., & Dzintars, K. (2023). Erythromycin. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin
Auwaerter PG, Dzintars K. Erythromycin [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2024 December 18]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin.
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