Clarithromycin
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Pharyngitis and tonsillitis
- Acute maxillary sinusitis
- Acute bacterial exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
- Community acquired pneumonia
- Acute otitis media
- Uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections
- Treatment of disseminated mycobacterial infections due to Mycobacterium avium complex
- Prophylaxis of Mycobacterium avium complex
- Treatment of active duodenal ulcer associated with H. pylori infection (in combination with omeprazole or ranitidine bismuth citrate; amoxicillin and lansoprazole or omeprazole as triple therapy)
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Bartonella infection
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Last updated: December 1, 2016
Citation
Pham, Paul A, and John G Bartlett. "Clarithromycin." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2016. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545036/8.1.1/Clarithromycin. 
Pham PA, Bartlett JG. Clarithromycin. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545036/8.1.1/Clarithromycin. Accessed October 30, 2025.
Pham, P. A., & Bartlett, J. G. (2016). Clarithromycin. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545036/8.1.1/Clarithromycin
Pham PA, Bartlett JG. Clarithromycin [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2016. [cited 2025 October 30]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545036/8.1.1/Clarithromycin.
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