Childhood mortality remains a major public health challenge in low-income and middle-income countries, particularly in ...

Azithromycin is used to treat certain bacterial infections. Find out what the recommended dosages are, how to take the drug, and more.

Azithromycin, which is used to treat certain bacterial infections, can cause side effects. Learn about its more common, mild, and serious side effects and how to manage them.

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 ...

Objectives Azithromycin has recently replaced clindamycin oral suspension for prop hylaxis of infective endocarditis (IE) in children. It is also currently recommended by the American Heart ...

Azithromycin's association with cardiac events also has been debated. In 2012, the FDA issued a warning for azithromycin stating that it had been linked to cardiac events, ...

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 an observational study, during a five-day course of azithromycin therapy, patients had a small, increased chance of dying from sudden cardiac death compared with patients taking amoxicillin.

Azithromycin, a broad-spectrum macrolide antibiotic, has been reported to be relatively free of cardiotoxic effects. 1 However, the closely related drugs erythromycin and clarithromycin can ...

BACKGROUND: There are conflicting findings from observational studies of the arrhythrogenic potential of azithromycin. Our aim was to quantify the association between azithromycin use and the risk of ...