Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A macrolide antibiotic, C38H69NO13, used primarily to treat bacterial respiratory infections.
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- noun A
macrolide antibiotic used to treat various conditions.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Amoxicillin is also sometimes used together with another antibiotic called clarithromycin
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Anyone diagnosed during the first few weeks of the cough should take antibiotics such as clarithromycin or azithromycin to reduce symptoms and spread of the disease.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Coughing Up the Facts on Pertussis (Whooping Cough) 2010
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Anyone diagnosed during the first few weeks of the cough should take antibiotics such as clarithromycin or azithromycin to reduce symptoms and spread of the disease.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Coughing Up the Facts on Pertussis (Whooping Cough) 2010
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The stronger macrolide antibiotics - such as clarithromycin and azithromycin - are not routinely recommended for acute sinusitis.
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Graham noted an increasing resistance to clarithromycin which is not well known by clinicians.
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2009
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While the majority of mycobacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as clarithromycin and rifamycins, some species are becoming resistant to these antibiotics, so new drugs for treatments must be developed.
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Most mycobacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as clarithromycin and rifamycins, but some species are becoming resistant to these antibiotics, so new drugs for treatments must be developed.
Scientific Blogging 2008
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It can also interact with a long list of drugs, including lovastatin (Altoprev, Mevacor, and generic), clarithromycin (Biaxin and generic), and diltiazem (Cardizem and generic).
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Is there any reason why you selected clarithromycin over a tetracycline?
Pneumonia on a Budget 1 Dinosaur 2009
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His chest sounded clear and his oxygen wasn't too bad 95% sat on room air but he looked really crappy, so I sent him for a chest x-ray and gave him a prescription for clarithromycin 500 BID for 10 days.
Pneumonia on a Budget 1 Dinosaur 2009
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