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, the ...

Sepsis The study analyzed 29,278 women who were in labor at 28 weeks’ gestation or more and who were planning a vaginal delivery. A single oral dose of azithromycin was found to significantly lower ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treatment with low-dose azithromycin for chronic cough in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis did not ...

A new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that a single oral dose of azithromycin, a common antibiotic, reduced the risk of maternal sepsis or death by 33 ...

Azithromycin can transfer into breast milk and may remain present for 48 hours following a person’s last dose. Although it is generally safe to use when breastfeeding, azithromycin may cause diarrhea, ...

Wheezing illnesses are a leading cause of hospitalization for preschool-age children and are frequently treated with antibiotics. Observational studies have shown more frequent isolation of three ...

February 16, 2012 — A single oral dose of azithromycin is as effective as injected benzathine benzylpenicillin for treating yaws among children living in Papua New Guinea, according to the findings of ...

A single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin can help protect mothers from dangerous sepsis infections and death during vaginal childbirth, a sweeping new international study from a UVA Health ...

An inexpensive and easy-to-deliver intervention — a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin — could sharply reduce the number of pregnant people in low- and middle-income countries who develop the ...

Treatment options have been limited in the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Earlier optimism regarding immunomodulatory drugs such as azithromycin (AZM) and hydroxychloroquine ...