Oxytetracycline

Chemical formula: C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₉  Molecular mass: 460.434 g/mol  PubChem compound: 54675779

Therapeutic indications

Oxytetracycline is indicated for:

Indication

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

at least one of
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Yersinia pestis
Francisella tularensis
Pasteurellosis
Escherichia coli
Haemophilus influenzae
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Rickettsioses
Chlamydia psittaci infection
Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
Borrelia recurrentis
Haemophilus ducreyi
Bartonella bacilliformis
Bartonellosis
Bacteroides fragilis
Brucella
Brucellosis
Enterobacter aerogenes
Shigella
Trachoma
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Actinomyces israelii

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
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumoniae [M. pneumoniae] as the cause of diseases classified to other chapters
Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Acute bronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Yersinia pestis
Francisella tularensis
Pasteurellosis
Escherichia coli
Haemophilus influenzae
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Rickettsioses
Chlamydia psittaci infection
Chlamydial lymphogranuloma (venereum)
Borrelia recurrentis
Haemophilus ducreyi
Bartonella bacilliformis
Bartonellosis
Bacteroides fragilis
Brucella
Brucellosis
Enterobacter aerogenes
Shigella
Trachoma
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Actinomyces israelii

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

Contraindications

Oxytetracycline is contraindicated in the following cases:

Contraindication

at least one of
Pregnancy
Hepatic insufficiency
Renal failure

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