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Medicine: erythromycin
Prescribing competence required for Year 6Indication(s):
bacterial infection
bacterial infection
Related Medicines:
Mechanism(s):
prevents transpeptidation on 50S ribosome subunit (Class: antibacterial: macrolide)
Associated Scenario(s):
[Child with respiratory distress], [Chronic bowel motility problems], [Pneumonia], [Chronic limb pain], [Patient with jaundice], [Chronic sputum production], [Skin and soft tissue infection]
[Child with respiratory distress], [Chronic bowel motility problems], [Pneumonia], [Chronic limb pain], [Patient with jaundice], [Chronic sputum production], [Skin and soft tissue infection]