The large majority of cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in the United States remain sensitive to macrolide antibiotics, but resistance may be increasingly common, according to data from an ...

Pregnant women who take certain types of antibiotics have a greater risk of having a child with birth defects, a study has found. Using data on over 100,000 children, researchers found that women ...

Macrolides, which comprise a family of lactones with different ring sizes, belong to the polyketide class of natural products. Resorcinolic macrolides, an important subgroup, possess interesting ...

Objective: To compare the real-life treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis (AECBs) using moxifloxacin tablets or one of the oral macrolides azithromycin, clarithromycin or ...

A new study published in the journal BMJ in February 2020 reports that macrolide or penicillin antibiotic consumption in pregnancy could be linked to several adverse health outcomes in children. These ...

Background: Allergic or pseudo-allergic reactions to macrolides antibiotics are relatively uncommon (0.4-3% of treatments). The allergological work-up for the diagnosis of macrolides hypersensitivity ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created the largest publicly available virtual library of macrolide scaffolds. The library - called V1M - contains chemical structures and ...