Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Erythromycin
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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, also upper respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae (when used concomitantly with adequate sulfonamide dosage), Lower respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes or pneumoniae, listeriosis, skin and soft tissue infections, respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae), erythrasma, acute inflammatory pelvic disease, uncomplicated urethral, endocervical, or rectal infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
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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, also upper respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae (when used concomitantly with adequate sulfonamide dosage), Lower respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pyogenes or pneumoniae, listeriosis, skin and soft tissue infections, respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae), erythrasma, acute inflammatory pelvic disease, uncomplicated urethral, endocervical, or rectal infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
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Last updated: March 7, 2019
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn. "Erythromycin." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin.
Dzintars K. Erythromycin. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin. Accessed March 20, 2023.
Dzintars, K. (2019). Erythromycin. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin
Dzintars K. Erythromycin [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2023 March 20]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540212/all/Erythromycin.
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