Affiliation:
1. Department of Clinical Research, Pfizer Central Research, Sandwich, UK
Abstract
Azithromycin (total dose 1.5 g) given orally in five or six doses over 5 days was compared with erythromycin and cloxacillin both given orally as 500 mg four times daily for 7 days in two multicentre studies of patients with skin and associated soft-tissue infections. Azithromycin eradicated baseline pathogen(s), mainly Staphylococcus aureus, in 89% compared with in 78%, of erythromycin-treated patients ( P = 0.501) and in 78% compared with in 59% of cloxacillin-treated patients ( P = 0.421). No statistically significant difference in clinical cure was reported between azithromycin (74%) and erythromycin (75%, P = 1.00) and between azithromycin (60%) and cloxacillin (47%, P = 0.301) treatment groups. The side-effects reported for azithromycin were mainly mild or moderate gastrointestinal complaints and there were no major abnormalities in laboratory parameters. It is concluded that azith-romycin was as effective as, but better tolerated than, either erythromycin or cloxacillin and short-course therapy may improve patient compliance.
Subject
Biochemistry (medical),Cell Biology,Biochemistry,General Medicine
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