COMPOSITION
Azasite 500 Tablet: Each film coated tablet contains 500 mg of Azithromycin as Azithromycin Dihydrate BP.
PHARMACOLOGY
Azithromycin is an azalide antibiotic, subclass of the macrolide class of antibiotics. Azithromycin acts by binding to the 50s ribosomal subunit of susceptible organisms and thus interferes with microbial protein synthesis. Azithromycin demonstrated activity in vitro, against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria including: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A) and other Streptococcal species, Haemophilus influenzae and parainfluenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, anaerobes including Bacteroides fragilis, Escherichia coli, Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Haemophilus ducreyi, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. Azithromycin also demonstrates activity in vitro against Legionella pneumophila, Mycoplasma pneumoniae and hominis, Campylobacter spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Treponema pallidum.
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