Azithromycin may be used to treat infections caused by susceptible bacteria
Acute-type allergic reaction to topical azithromycin eye drops may be a rare side effect, but ophthalmologists should keep this possibility in mind and inform the patients about its potential occurrence
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The drug’s active ingredient, azithromycin, can cause rare and serious side effects such as severe or life-threatening allergic reactions, irregular heartbeats, Clostridium difficile
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Azithromycin is an antimicrobial medication used to treat and manage bacterial infections, including community-acquired pneumonia and sexually transmitted diseases
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This side effect happened to between 2% and 3% of people taking azithromycin in clinical studies
It is not effective against syphilis infections
Multiple-dose regimens: Overall, the most common treatment-related adverse reactions in adult patients receiving multiple-dose regimens of ZITHROMAX were related to the gastrointestinal system with diarrhea/loose stools (4 to 5%), nausea (3%), and abdominal pain (2 to 3%) being the most frequently reported
She just took her last dose of a 5 day antibiotic, and she is now covered from head to toe in a rash on the last day
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[6] This includes middle ear infections, strep throat, pneumonia, traveler's diarrhea, and certain other intestinal infections
Owing to azithromycin’s structural similarity to erythromycin, cross-reactivity with erythromycin has also been reported
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More serious azithromycin side effects may also occur, including two types of azithromycin allergic reaction situations
The longer time the antibiotic can remain in our system is responsible for this
In these cases, you should contact your doctor
Here, we report two cases with unusual acute-type allergic reaction to topical azithromycin eye drops
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