Demeclocycline

Chemical formula: C₂₁H₂₁ClN₂O₈  Molecular mass: 464.853 g/mol  PubChem compound: 54680690

Therapeutic indications

Demeclocycline is indicated for:

Indication

Population group: only adults (18 years old or older)

at least one of
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
Typhus fever
Q fever
Rickettsioses
Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Chlamydia psittaci infection
Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
Louse-borne relapsing fever
Tick-borne relapsing fever
Chancroid
Plague
Tularaemia
Cholera
Campylobacter enteritis
Brucellosis
Bartonellosis
Granuloma inguinale
Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection
Other intestinal Escherichia coli infections
Enterobacterial spondylitis
Shigellosis
Acinetobacter
Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
Septicaemia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Gonococcal infection
Congenital syphilis
Early syphilis
Late syphilis
Nonvenereal syphilis
Cardiovascular syphilis
Listeriosis
Anthrax
Other Vincent's infections
Actinomycosis
Amoebiasis
Acne

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Indication

Population group: only children (1 year - 12 years old) , adolescents (12 years - 18 years old)

at least one of
Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers
Typhus fever
Q fever
Rickettsioses
Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Chlamydia psittaci infection
Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
Louse-borne relapsing fever
Tick-borne relapsing fever
Chancroid
Plague
Tularaemia
Cholera
Campylobacter enteritis
Brucellosis
Bartonellosis
Granuloma inguinale
Escherichia coli [E. coli] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Escherichia coli
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli infection
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infection
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection
Other intestinal Escherichia coli infections
Enterobacterial spondylitis
Shigellosis
Acinetobacter
Klebsiella pneumoniae [K. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae
Septicaemia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Staphylococcus aureus as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Gonococcal infection
Congenital syphilis
Early syphilis
Late syphilis
Nonvenereal syphilis
Cardiovascular syphilis
Listeriosis
Anthrax
Other Vincent's infections
Actinomycosis
Amoebiasis
Acne

For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments (click for details):

Contraindications

Demeclocycline is contraindicated in the following cases:

Contraindication

Pregnancy

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