azithromycin

Examples of azithromycin in the following topics:

• Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)

  • Studies indicate that therapies with doxycycline or azithromycin with tinidazole can be more effective than doxycycline or azithromycin alone.
  • The structure of azithromycin, a microlide antibiotic used to treat NGU.

• Polyketide Antibiotics

  • Examples of polyketides include: Macrolides; Pikromycin, the first isolated macrolide; the antibiotics erythromycin A; clarithromycin, and azithromycin; the immunosuppressant tacrolimus; Radicicol and Pochonin family (HSP90 inhibitor); Polyene antibiotics; Amphotericin; Tetracyclines and the tetracycline family of antibiotics.

• Campylobacter

  • Standard treatment is now azithromycin and, on occassion, terbinafine.

• Chlamydiae

  • Current guidelines recommend: azithromycin, doxycycline, erythromycin, or ofloxacin.

• Syphilis

  • Syphilis can be effectively treated with antibiotics, specifically the preferred intramuscular penicillin G (given intravenously for neurosyphilis), or else ceftriaxone, and in those who have a severe penicillin allergy, oral doxycycline or azithromycin.

• Chlamydia

  • Current guidelines recommend azithromycin, doxycycline, erythromycin, or ofloxacin.

• Syphilis

  • Syphilis can be effectively treated with antibiotics, specifically the preferred intramuscular penicillin G (given intravenously for neurosyphilis), or else ceftriaxone, and in those who have a severe pencillin allergy, oral doxycycline or azithromycin.