Azithromycin can cause side effects that range from mild to serious. More common side effects include nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. If azithromycin’s side effects become difficult to tolerate, ...

The change in antibiotic prophylaxis with azithromycin for cesarean sections has been almost universally implemented, given ...

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.

Azithromycin (Zithromax, Pfizer) is an interesting antibiotic commonly used in the treatment of common pediatric infections. Recently, readers of Infectious Diseases in Children have inquired about ...

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 ...

Azithromycin is a generic drug prescribed for certain bacterial infections. It is available as the brand-name drug Zithromax. Azithromycin’s cost with and without insurance can depend on several ...

Azithromycin for premature newborns requiring breathing support failed to improve rates of survival without moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age, though it ...

Epidemiologic, laboratory, animal, and clinical studies suggest that there is an association between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and atherogenesis. We evaluated the efficacy of one year of ...

Azithromycin (Zithromax) is an antibiotic. Combining azithromycin with alcohol may not be advisable when the body is fighting an infection. It could also make side effects worse. Azithromycin kills ...

We hypothesized that mass distribution of a broad-spectrum antibiotic agent to preschool children would reduce mortality in areas of sub-Saharan Africa that are currently far from meeting the ...