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Erythromycin Sulfisoxazole Brand Names- E.S.P. | Eryzole | Pediazole
What is Erythromycin Sulfisoxazole
The combination of erythromycin ethylsuccinate and sulfisoxazole is available as a suspension for the treatment of acute otitis media caused by susceptible strains of Haemophilus influenzae.
Erythromycin sulfisoxazole may also be used to treat other infections of the upper respiratory tract due to susceptible organisms; this combination provides adequate coverage against many strains of S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, H. influenzae, and M. catarrhalis. Erythromycin-sulfisoxazole is especially useful in patients allergic to penicillins and cephalosporins.
Erythromycin
sulfisoxazole was granted FDA approval for the treatment of acute otitis media in November, 1979.
Indications
- Haemophilus influenzae (beta-lactamase negative)
- Haemophilus influenzae (beta-lactamase positive)
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- otitis media
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes (group A beta-hemolytic streptococci)
- Streptococcus sp.
Side Effects
- abdominal pain
- agranulocytosis
- anaphylactoid reactions
- anemia
- angioedema
- anorexia
- anuria
- anxiety
- aplastic anemia
- ataxia
- cough
- crystalluria
- depression
- diarrhea
- diuresis
- dizziness
- drowsiness
- dyspnea
- edema
- elevated hepatic enzymes
- eosinophilia
- erythema multiforme
- exfoliative dermatitis
- fatigue
- fever
- flatulence
- flushing
- GI bleeding
- glossitis
- goiter
- hallucinations
- headache
- hearing loss
- hematuria
- hemolytic anemia
- hepatic necrosis
- hepatitis
- hypoglycemia
- hypoprothrombinemia
- insomnia
- interstitial nephritis
- jaundice
- leukopenia
- lupus-like symptoms
- melena
- methemoglobinemia
- nausea
- neuritis
- oliguria
- pallor
- pancreatitis
- paresthesias
- pharyngitis
- photosensitivity
- pneumonitis
- pruritus
- pseudomembranous colitis
- psychosis
- purpura
- QT prolongation
- rash
- seizures
- serum sickness
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- stomatitis
- superinfection
- thrombocytopenia
- tinnitus
- torsade de pointes
- toxic epidermal necrolysis
- urticaria
- vasculitis
- ventricular tachycardia
- vertigo
- vomiting
- weakness
Monitoring Parameters
- CBC
- serum creatinine/BUN
- urinalysis
Contraindications
- bone marrow suppression
- bradycardia
- breast-feeding
- colitis
- dehydration
- diarrhea
- folate deficiency megaloblastic anemia
- G6PD deficiency
- geriatric
- GI disease
- hepatic disease
- hypocalcemia
- hypokalemia
- hypomagnesemia
- infants
- inflammatory bowel disease
- long QT syndrome
- macrolide hypersensitivity
- myasthenia gravis
- neonates
- pregnancy
- pseudomembranous colitis
- QT prolongation
- renal failure
- renal impairment
- sulfonamide hypersensitivity
- sunlight (UV) exposure
- ulcerative colitis
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