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erythromycin
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atypical (ay-tip-ik-ăl) adj. not conforming to type.
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a. pneumonia pneumonia, caused by such organisms as Mycoplasma pneumoniae, that does not respond to penicillin but does respond to such antibiotics as tetracycline and erythromycin.
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Erythromycin: drug interactions.
Magazine article from: Journal of Dental Hygiene; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...will focus on the interaction between erythromycin and other commonly used medications. Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic derived from...a number of reports have implicated erythromycin as a cause of clinically severe drug...
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Erythromycin and Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis.(Report)
Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert; 11/1/2001; 700+ words
; Erythromycin and Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric...found that infants prescribed systemic erythromycin during the first 2 weeks of life had...The highest risk was with systemic erythromycin use during the first 2 weeks of life...
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Erythromycin resistance among invasive pneumococci in Scotland, 1994-2003
Magazine article from: British Journal of Biomedical Science; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Resistance of pneumococci to erythromycin is increasing worldwide and...affects the clinical impact of erythromycin useage.10 Thus, the aim of...to determine the incidence of erythromycin resistance among invasive pneumococci...
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The Macrolides: Erythromycin, clarithromycin, and azitromycin
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; In addition to erythromycin, macrolides now available in the United...chemically stable and better tolerated than erythromycin, and they have a broader antimicrobial spectrum than erythromycin against Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC...
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Ototoxic effect of erythromycin on cochlear potentials in the guinea pig
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...to the administration of intravenous erythromycin was investigated in the albino guinea...cochlear turn transiently decreased when erythromycin was administered intravenously at dosages...ensued within 20 minutes after each erythromycin dose. The perilymphatic perfusion...
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Mineralization of erythromycin A in aquaculture sediments studied.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 7/14/2004; 589 words
; ...mineralization of erythromycin A in aquaculture sediments...Mineralization of erythromycin A was studied using...superscript]14C-labeled erythromycins A, which were added...state. The added erythromycin A did not significantly...
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Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis in Infants Following Pertussis Prophylaxis with Erythromycin -- Knoxville, Tennessee, 1999.(Statistical Data Included)
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; 12/17/1999; 700+ words
; ...recommended on February 25, 1999, that erythromycin be prescribed as postexposure prophylaxis...hospital A during February who were given erythromycin orally for prophylaxis following possible...its possible association with use of erythromycin. This report summarizes the results...
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Erythromycin and the Heart.(Report)
Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert; 10/1/2004; 700+ words
; Erythromycin and the Heart Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: Erythromycin use is associated with a 2-fold increased risk...metabolism by CYP3A4. Source: Ray WA, et al. Oral Erythromycin and the Risk of Sudden Death from Cardiac Causes...
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Experience with Directly Observed Prophylaxis Using Erythromycin in Military Trainees Exposed to Pertussis
Magazine article from: Military Medicine; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...arrangements for contact prophylaxis with erythromycin failed. This experience is reported...observed prophylaxis (DOP) with standard erythromycin regimens. No secondary cases occurred...soldiers missed classes because of erythromycin side effects; five required emergency...
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Antibiotic linked to cardiac arrest Study documents erythromycin reaction with other medications
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 9/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...a huge study found. The drug is erythromycin, which has been on the market for...Medicine in Nashville. Taken alone, erythromycin doubled the very low risk of sudden...other drugs -- those that increase erythromycin's concentration in the blood...
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Erythromycins
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...In some cases, erythromycin has been used to treat...described here include erythromycins (Erythrocin, Ery...prescribed the medicine. Erythromycins may cause mild diarrhea...diarrhea while taking erythromycin or related drugs should...conditions Taking erythromycins may cause problems...
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erythromycin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
erythromycin , any of several related antibiotic...genus Streptomyces (see antibiotic ). Erythromycin is most effective against gram-positive...negative bacteria and some fungi. Erythromycin inhibits protein synthesis in susceptible...
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Antibiotics
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
...macrocyclic lactone chemical structure. Erythromycin, the prototype of this class, has...who are allergic to penicillin, erythromycin is a valuable alternative. But, unlike penicillin, erythromycin can be very irritating both to the...
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Ercros S.A.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...which represents 7 percent of company sales, produces erythromycins, phosphomycin, and statins, and other basic and intermediary...global market, and is also the second-largest producer of erythromycin base, salts and derivatives, with a 10 percent share of...
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Abbott Laboratories
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...sodium pentothal and continued to lead sales of the antibiotic erythromycin, which it introduced in 1952. Abbott Laboratories has its...to the development of antibiotics. The company developed erythromycin, which, under the brand names Erythrocin and E.E.S...
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