Azithromycin use is associated with an increased risk of death from cardiovascular causes among patients at high baseline risk. Whether azithromycin confers a similar risk in the unselected general ...

In 1982, after investing eight years of effort, Pfizer was preparing to end its work in macrolide research. Its work in finding an improved version of erythromycin had come up empty. But, as happens ...

Azithromycin is a generic prescription drug used to treat certain bacterial infections. The drug comes as an oral tablet. It’s usually taken once per day. Azithromycin is used in adults and some ...

Azithromycin is one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in the United States, used to treat many common bacterial infections. But research shows that the drug has been associated with an ...

Azithromycin is a versatile antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections, including those affecting the ...

A randomized controlled trial found that patients hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive poulmonary disease (COPD) experienced reduced rates of treatment failure when adding ...

Read the Medscape Alert on the FDA’s follow-up on this study. May 16, 2012 (Nashville, Tennessee)— During a five-day course of azithromycin, patients had a small, increased risk of sudden cardiac ...

Azithromycin is a generic prescription drug that’s used to treat bacterial infections. Azithromycin is also available as the brand-name drug Zithromax. This article gives details on azithromycin and ...

Azithromycin was effective for the treatment for women with Ureaplasma urealyticum, showing a similar therapeutic effect to that of doxycycline. Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis ...

The use of azithromycin reduces maternal infection in women during unplanned cesarean delivery, but its effect on those with planned vaginal delivery is unknown. Data are needed on whether an ...

Azithromycin has replaced clindamycin oral suspension for prophylaxis against IE in children. Patient compliance with azithromycin should be good as it only needs to be taken once a day for 3 days.

The improvement in the health status of patients treated with macrolides was attributed to the bacteriostatic and anti-inflammatory effects of such antibiotics. However, data available from previous ...