"Erythromycin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bacteriostatic antibiotic macrolide produced by Streptomyces erythreus. Erythromycin A is considered its major active component. In sensitive organisms, it inhibits protein synthesis by binding to 50S ribosomal subunits. This binding process inhibits peptidyl transferase activity and interferes with translocation of amino acids during translation and assembly of proteins.
| Descriptor ID |
D004917
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.540.576.500.992
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Erythromycin" by people in Profiles.
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Navathe R, Schoen CN, Heidari P, Bachilova S, Ward A, Tepper J, Visintainer P, Hoffman MK, Smith S, Berghella V, Roman A. Azithromycin vs erythromycin for the management of preterm premature rupture of membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 08; 221(2):144.e1-144.e8.
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Walkey AJ, Wiener RS. Macrolide antibiotics and survival in patients with acute lung injury. Chest. 2012 May; 141(5):1153-1159.
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Schlecht HP, Panther LA, Fugelso DK. Images in HIV/AIDS. HIV-associated lymphogranuloma venereum proctitis. AIDS Read. 2007 Mar; 17(3):145-6, 150.
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Skiest DJ, Coykendall AL. Prosthetic hip infection related to a dental procedure despite antibiotic prophylaxis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1995 May; 79(5):661-3.
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Gantz NM, Zawacki JK, Dickerson WJ, Bartlett JG. Pseudomembranous colitis associated with erythromycin. Ann Intern Med. 1979 Dec; 91(6):866-7.