Several antibiotics appear effective against early-stage Lyme disease
This meta-analysis suggests that when symptoms of the disease are confined to a localised skin infection, treatment failures are relatively infrequent, only 2% at 12 months. Effective antibiotics include penicillin V, doxycycline, azithromycin, cefuroxime, amoxicillin and ceftriaxone plus doxycycline.The research has significant limitations, but choice, dose and duration of antibiotics appear to have little impact on outcomes. This research does not suggest that guidelines need to be reviewed. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Malaria Tx Plus Azithromycin Fails to Cut Deaths, Hospital Time (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- African kids taking azithromycin had less frequent rates of GI infections and more (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 4, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Azithromycin Add-On Fails to Cut Malaria Deaths, Hospital Stays
(MedPage Today) -- But less frequent infections seen in African kids who received the antibiotic (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 30, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: news

My High-risk Flu Patients Get Antibiotics, and Here ’s Why
Of course they get oseltamivir--but our author has been adding azithromycin for his high-risk patients since the 2015-16 season. He explains why. (Source: ConsultantLive)
Source: ConsultantLive - January 23, 2019 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: C. Andrew Schroeder, MD Tags: Respiratory Diseases Source Type: news

Featured Review: Adverse events in people taking macrolide antibiotics versus placebo for any indication
The review 'Adverse events in people taking macrolide antibiotics'   asked, “Will people taking a macrolide antibiotic experience more adverse events than those treated with placebo?”Macrolide antibiotics are one of many types of antibiotic. They are commonly used to treat both acute and chronic infections. The four most commonly used macrolides are azithromycin, clarithromycin, erythromycin, and roxithromycin. People taking macrolide antibiotics are at risk of experiencing adverse events such as nausea, diarrhoea or rashes.Lead author of the review Malene Plejdrup Hansen explains, “This review was undertaken to qua...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - December 17, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Katie Abbotts Source Type: news

Antibiotics could extend your life by culling older cells that can no longer divide
Salford University scientists made the discovery using azithromycin, which treats infections ranging from gonorrhoea to Lyme disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 27, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Aurobindo Pharma gets USFDA nod for infections treatment drug
The company has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Azithromycin Oral suspension 100 mg /5 mL and 200 mg/5 mL. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 11, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Azithromycin (Azasite) Ophthalmic Solution 1% (Updated - Currently in Shortage)
Drug Shortage (Source: FDA Drug Shortages)
Source: FDA Drug Shortages - October 4, 2018 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Remains Top Choice for Bronchiectasis Exacerbations in Kids Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Remains Top Choice for Bronchiectasis Exacerbations in Kids
Although azithromycin is noninferior to amoxicillin-clavulanate for resolving bronchiectasis exacerbations in children, the shorter time to resolution with amoxicillin-clavulanate makes it the better choice for first-line empirical antibiotic treatment, according to results from the BEST-2 trial.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 28, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news

Subbing Azithromycin for Augmentin Flops in Pediatric Bronchiectasis
(MedPage Today) -- But macrolide is option for penicillin-hypersensitive kids (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - September 19, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Drug-resistance of gonorrhea in the EU: persistent but stable
(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)) Neisseria gonorrhoea continues to show high levels of resistance to azithromycin across the European Union and European Economic Area, according to the 2016 results of the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP). This threatens the effectiveness of the currently recommended dual therapy regimen for gonorrhea. Overall, the rates of resistance to cefixime, ceftriaxone and azithromycin have remained stable when compared to recent years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 30, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Zimbabwe:Drug Resistant Typhoid Is Real
[The Herald] This strain of typhoid is not responding to traditionally used medicines such as ciprofloxacin and health workers have resorted to using the last line of antibiotics, azithromycin in defence against typhoid while waiting for approvals to embark on mass vaccinations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 21, 2018 Category: African Health Source Type: news

FDA Warns Against Long - Term Azithromycin Use for Some
Warning for blood cancer patients who have undergone donor stem cell transplant (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - August 13, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Infections, Oncology, Pharmacy, Pulmonology, Journal, Source Type: news