Macrolides are an important class of antibiotics that includes drugs such as azithromycin and erythromycin, which are widely used to treat a range of infections, including pneumonia and skin ...

Efforts to reduce child mortality in Africa via mass treatment with the antibiotic azithromycin (AZM) may lead to increased drug resistance in bacteria that frequently cause pneumonia and meningitis, ...

Patients taking azithromycin should not stop taking it without consulting a clinician, the FDA added. The issue of macrolides and the risk for cardiovascular death has been on the FDA's radar since ...

Pharmacists in clinical areas were asked which drugs should be tested for compatibility with azithromycin. The methodology used to test the drugs has been previously described and is summarized here. ...