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  1. Erythromycin is used to prevent and treat infections in many different parts of the body, including respiratory tract infections, skin infections, diphtheria, intestinal amebiasis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease, Legionnaire's disease, pertussis, and syphilis.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ErythromycinErythromycin - Wikipedia

    Erythromycin is an antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections. This includes respiratory tract infections, skin infections, chlamydia infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, and syphilis.

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  4. The penicillins and cephalosporins soon supplanted erythromycin for the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections; however, erythromycin remained the drug of choice for several diseases, such as diphtheria and pertussis, and has become the drug of choice for several previously unrecognized diseases, such as campylobacteriosis and ...

    • John A. Washington, Walter R. Wilson
    • 1985
  5. Erythromycin is an alternative to penicillin G for the treatment of infections caused by susceptible microorganisms. In some infectious diseases, however, erythromycin may be the drug of choice.

    • John A. Washington, Walter R. Wilson
    • 1985
  6. Erythromycin is used to treat certain infections caused by bacteria, such as infections of the respiratory tract, including bronchitis, pneumonia, Legionnaires' disease (a type of lung infection), and pertussis (whooping cough; a serious infection that can cause severe coughing); diphtheria (a serious infection in the throat); sexually transmitt...

  7. erythromycin for the treatment of serious staphylococcal infections; however, erythromycin remained the drug of choice for several diseases, such as diphtheria and per-tussis, and has become the drug o f choice for several previously unrecognized diseases, such as campylobac-teriosisand legionellosis. For these reasons, we thought it

  8. Clostridioides difficile (klos-TRID-e-oi-deez dif-uh-SEEL) is a bacterium that causes an infection of the colon, the longest part of the large intestine. Symptoms can range from diarrhea to life-threatening damage to the colon. The bacterium is often called C. difficile or C. diff.

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