Azithromycin for strep

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Avatar n tn I am suffering from Body pain and Strep throat . Took amoxicillin for a week and then visited Doctor he put me on azithromycin for 3 days but today is the fourth day still i feel the same.
Avatar f tn Well, like I said it could be the chronic sore throat cause by Fusobacterium as In my post. Some strep that cause strep throat can be resistant to Azithromycin. It depends on if they did a culture and antibiotic sensitivity test or threw an antibiotic at you. Which is what doctors tend to do. Most streps are still sensitive to penicillin though, but some strains have become resistant or not as sensitive anymore.
Avatar n tn I am a male and had unprotected oral sex with another male, including kissing. A day later I had sex with my female partner. Ten days later, I had a pharyngitis and discomfort at the tip of my penis with no discharge but tingling and discomfort. In the meatal area there was a clear but not discharging secretions. I self treated with 1 gram of Cipro and 1 gram of Azithromycin, followed by 250mg per day of Azithromycin for 2 days. However, symptoms of pharyngitis & urethritis continued.
Avatar m tn So I decided not to go with Moxi yet. Took Azithromycin 500 mg for 6 days. Doc put me on a combination with Doxy 100 mg twice a day but I had a reaction to Doxy so I only stuck with Azithromycin. My urine analysis showed moderate growth of Strep Group B as well. Doc said that the co infection with strep group B could be the reason for treatment failure against MG. So I've started a Nitrofurantoin course for 7 days 100 mg twice a day for Strep Group B.
Avatar f tn 1) is it possible that the antibiotics not being finished before (first dose of azithromycin for strep I never had being same drug used to treat, doxy not finished due to false negative) created a resistance to azithromycin? 2A) or I also got a yeast infection from the plethora of antibiotics in an 8 day time span? B) if so is it useful to get OTC monistat while on my period if it's light?
Avatar n tn 2 She had her second dose of azithromycin this afternoon. And the temp was after we played outside for a little bit.
Avatar n tn Z-packs (azithromycin = Zithromax) have worked quite well for my daughter's strep infections. Z-pac is usually a five day course of antibiotic that lasts for ten days. I would recommend that if you are not feeling better by day five that you go ahead and call the dr's office and see what they recommend. You definitely want the infection to be gone by the time your antibiotic stops working. Some people take a steroid to help with the inflamation in the throat.
Avatar m tn I went to a dr and started a zpack and cefuroxime and later that day had a throat swab for strep, chlamydia and gonorrhea. I had already had 500mg of cefuroxime and 500mg of Azithromycin before the throat swab. They turned out negative after several days. The next morning a NAA urine test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea. Also negative. Five days after exposure I started getting slight burning in my urethra and urgency to urinate.
Avatar n tn I was diagnosed with Strep Throat about 2 weeks ago. I went one week taking Amoxicillin 3 times a day. By the next Monday, I was worse. I called my doctor, who changed me to Azithromycin. My laryngitis is better. Most of the sore throat is gone. However, I still have sore swollen glands, and I still have a large white pocket in my throat (Next to my Faucial Pillars). Is this typical? How long should I give it for the white patch and gland stuff to go away?
Avatar m tn ) Thoughts on whether this could be bacterial? Between strep antibiotics and for this I’ve been on azithromycin for 5 days, cephalexin for 10 days, clindamycin for 10 days, doxy for 7 days, just started cipro for 10 days. I’ve been on so many antibiotics and if it was bacterial wouldn’t the the utheral tube also be red and the other side of the opening ? 2.) Thoughts on whether the redness is HPV? 3.) Any suggestions on what it could be or what what tests I should run?
Avatar n tn I suspect that the medication you received was azithromycin which is a recommended therapy for NGU (as is doxycycline). More and more health care providers use azithromycin because if is easier to take (you just take it once instead of for a week). Studies show that this therapy is just as effective as doxy for NGU. As I read your story, I find myself wondering if your NGU was actually an STD.
Avatar f tn My family doctor was not the one who did the STD tests for me. I went to a clinic for that. My concern is mostly that I do not want to pass on an STD to my partner.
Avatar f tn Also tested for strep, mono and those were all negative!
Avatar m tn Doctor thinks she has strep so he took a strep test. Doctor said strep was highly contagious and asked if our 3 kids and myself got it. But nope only my wife. Questions: 1. After readying the above what do you think my risks are for STD's? 2. If my wife does have strep throat is it possible that me and our 3 kids will not catch strep? We shared drinks on Saturday night,wife already starting having sore throat. Doc told her its highly contagious. 3.
Avatar m tn What is the proper treatment for NGU or just Urethritis? Is 1gm of Zithromax the preffered and correct treatment? Or is another medication better? Thanks.
Avatar f tn Well, it may not be strep if he hasn't done a strep test or culture. Do you have pus in your throat or did you? Do you have a high fever/ He is probably just treating for a variety of bacteria. Yes if you haven't cleared the sore throat and ear infection (which could also be viral. You should really get cultures done if it hasn't cleared or clarify if he thinks it is viral but is treating empircally to make sure you don't get a secondary infection such as pneumonia.
Avatar n tn You clearly have a garden variety upper respiratory infection, not sexually acquired -- a virus, strep, or both. The timing is right for a non-STD infection from your sex partner, especially if there was kissing in addition to the oral sex. This is your second question on the forum in 3 weeks. Just a word of warning: MedHelp permits a maximum of 2 questions every 6 months on the professionally moderated forums (see Terms and Conditions).
Avatar n tn The azithromycin Z-pack would not help a virus, so your doctor must have thought a bacterial infection like strep was possible. However, with the symptoms continuing, a virus is much more likely. As for the "ironic" timing with your sexual exposure, maybe the two events in fact were related; i.e.you might have caught that from your escort partner, since sex is obviously close enough contact to transmit garden variety cold viruses, strep, etc. Or it's truly a coincidence.
Avatar f tn doctor said it was a viral infection and prescribed azithromycin for five days. i finished the antibiotics. however i noticed sores in the back of my throat near the hangy thing. they sort of look like cankers but not. they are red bumps. they dont hurt but im concerned whether these are from the sore throat when i was sick or a herpes outbreak.
Avatar m tn You should also have your throat swabbed and cultured for strep and have a blood test for epstein barr, which is the main cause of mononucleosis.
Avatar n tn I just went to the doctor for bronchitis today and he prescribed azithromycin. in looking up the side effects, they talk about prolonged QT waves and ventricle tachycardia. The doctor had me go to get an keg on my way out...for a baseline? Should I be worried about being on this medicine? Thank you.
Avatar m tn Given that I have taken azithromycin for strep (1.5g), the HSV culture is negative, and it is 10 days post encounter without any obvious HSV symptoms, is it safe to say that I should not be worried or anxious about MOST std's as several would have been cured with the azythromycin and the probability of infection on something like HSV-2 is sufficiently low?
1672333 tn?1416694918 On a personal note I had a non Group A streptoccous infection that was usually a type that causes sore throat that would be negative on a strep test because the strep test only checks for group A strep (Streptoccous pyogenes) it was a group C and I woke with it and within hours I had a very high fever, extremely exhausted, and both of my tonsils were solidly covered with pus. I could barely drive a few blocks to get to the doctor. He had to give me two shots of Azithromax and a Zpack.
Avatar f tn I'm so sorry this is happening. Chances aren't high if it was only a few seconds, but to err on the side of caution, you should test and be treated. Untreated gonorrhea can cause all kinds of complications, and most of the time, women don't have symptoms. To ensure proper treatment, you should know that the current recommended treatment for gonorrhea is a shot of ceftriaxone AND 1g of oral azithromycin. You'll take the azithromycin all at once.
Avatar m tn Days after I became sick with a sore throat, I was diagnosed with strep group C after 3 weeks. I was put on a variety of antibiotics (azithromycin / cephalexin / clindamycin ) for the strep. Sore throat has lasted 8 weeks, but it's improved a lot. After 4-5 weeks, I started getting very concerned that I picked up an STD as the throat was not improving. At 6 weeks post exposure, I started noticing some pain in urethra.
Avatar n tn This study concluded that azithromycin 1g single dose was quite effective in curing gonorrhea. "This paper describes the efficacy of azithromycin 1g single dose in the management of uncomplicated gonorrhoea either with or without chlamydial co-infection. Three hundred and one patients were treated for gonorrhoea between January 2000 and June 2001; 226/301 (75.1%) were treated with azithromycin 1g stat dose while the rest were treated with different regimens. Ninety-seven of 301 (32.
Avatar m tn Towards the end of May 2018, I had unprotected oral sex with a male partner. A couple of days later I woke up with a scratchy throat and white pus all over my tonsils. I'm talking everywhere. I've never had strep or mono and have never experienced anything that looked like that before. It didn't hurt that bad. I've had worse sore throats without my tonsils even looking red before. I was really freaked out, was running a bit of a temp (99.