Three clinical trials have examined the efficacy and safety of single dose azithromycin (30 mg/kg) in children with uncomplicated acute otitis media (AOM). In the first trial, a small pilot study ...

How do side effects of azithromycin in children compare with those seen in adults? They are similar. More common side effects of azithromycin seen in children include: diarrhea abdominal pain ...

Azithromycin is a versatile antibiotic used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections, including those affecting the lungs, skin, and gastrointestinal system, as well as a number of sexually ...

Kids may touch the infected discharge from ... What connects XDR typhoid and trachoma? Azithromycin. It's the antibiotic used to fight off the bacteria that causes trachoma. It's also the only ...

Most people suffering norovirus in that setting are not children. According to the Centers for Disease ... my doctor diagnosed an infection in my lungs due to Aspergillus. He prescribed azithromycin, ...

Norovirus spreads very easily, and people may still be contagious even a week or two after recovering. The main danger is dehydration. No drugs cure norovirus.

Since the implementation of diphtheria immunisation in South Africa in the 1950s, cases have been uncommon. However, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has warned clinicians countrywide ...

Children should receive the DTaP vaccine at ... a five-day course of azithromycin,” Cieslak said.

Children should receive the DTaP vaccine at ... a five-day course of azithromycin," Cieslak said.

The 20-mg/kg/day dose of azithromycin for 3 days may also be better than the 10-mg/kg/day dose for 3 days in terms of minimizing the risk of emerging resistance in the GABHS. [35,43] Using the ...