Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Tetracycline
INDICATIONS
FDA
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
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- H. pylori-related peptic ulcer disease (in combination with bismuth subsalicylate and metronidazole)
- Gingivitis/periodontitis
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Last updated: June 9, 2017
Citation
Dzintars, Kathryn, and Paul A Pham. "Tetracycline." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2017. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540545/all/Tetracycline.
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Tetracycline. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540545/all/Tetracycline. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Dzintars, K., & Pham, P. A. (2017). Tetracycline. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540545/all/Tetracycline
Dzintars K, Pham PA. Tetracycline [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2017. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540545/all/Tetracycline.
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