title: [Therapy with azithromycin in pediatric infections].
abstract: Azithromycin (AZM) was orally administered to 12 pediatric patients with the following bacterial infections: pharyngitis in four cases, tonsillitis in one, pharyngo-bronchitis in two, and mycoplasmal pneumonia in five. In eleven of the twelve cases (91.7%) was the drug found effective. Neither abnormal clinical findings nor abnormal laboratory test results changes were observed. Eleven of the twelve pediatric patients claimed that the formulation of the drug is easy to take. The above results suggest that AZM is a useful antibiotic drug in the treatment of pediatric patients with bacterial infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000188:drug therapy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017963:Azithromycin