| A broad-spectrum, macrolide antibiotic with antibacterial activity. Erythromycin diffuses through the bacterial cell membrane and reversibly binds to the 50S subunit of the bacterial ribosome. This prevents bacterial protein synthesis. Erythromycin may be bacteriostatic or bactericidal in action, depending on the concentration of the drug at the site of infection and the susceptibility of the organism involved. Erythromycin is from the group Macrolide Antibiotic
Other Names for Erythromycin
Erythromycin
E-Mycin
ERYC
ERYTHROMYCIN
Ery-Tab
EryDerm
Eryc
Eryderm
Ilotycin
RP-Mycin
Robimycin
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