LP16090-0
Azithromycin
Active
Descriptions
Azithromycin is an azalide, a subclass of macrolide antibiotics. Azithromycin (brand names Zithromax ® in Italy; Zmax ®; Sumamed ®; Aztrin ®) is one of the world's best-selling antibiotics, and is derived from erythromycin ; however, it differs chemically from erythromycin in that a methyl -substituted nitrogen atom is incorporated into the lactone ring, thus making the lactone ring 15-membered. Azithromycin is used to treat certain bacterial infections, most often bacteria causing middle ear infections, tonsillitis, throat infections, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and sinusitis. It is also effective against certain sexually transmitted infectious diseases, such as non-gonococcal urethritis and cervicitis. Recent studies have also shown it to be effective against late-onset asthma, but these findings are controversial and not widely accepted as of yet. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Azithromycin (Wikipedia)
A semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic structurally related to ERYTHROMYCIN. It has been used in the treatment of Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infections, toxoplasmosis, and cryptosporidiosis. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Display Name
- Azithromycin
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Azithromycin
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 阿齐霉素 Synonyms: 阿奇霉素; |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Azithromycine |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | Asitromütsiin |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Azitromicina |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Azitromicina |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Azitromisin |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Азитромицин |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | azitromycine |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Azithromycine |
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