Azithromycin (Macrolide antibiotics)

• Is the first azalide from the macrolide class of antibiotics; has rapidly become one of the more common antibiotics prescribed by pediatricians, particularly for respiratory infections.

• Azithromycin is easily administered to children as an oral suspension, with once-a-day dosing for respiratory infections.

• Recommend macrolides as first-line therapy for community-acquired pneumonia among ambulatory patients.