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Certain bacteria, some of which cannot be killed with other antibiotics.[5] For example, a form of Staphylococcus aureus called MRSA is resistant to all penicillins (like amoxicillin) and all cephalosporin antibiotics (like Keflex), but it responds well to azithromycin.[7]Azithromycin is an effective treatment for several life-threatening bacterial infections of the lungs (called pneumonia); the blood (called sepsis); the heart valves (endocarditis); the bones (osteomyelitis); and/or the lining of the brain and spinal cord (meningitis). It can also treat toxic shock syndrome and an aggressive flesh-eating bacterial infection called necrotizing fasciitis.[8]When these infections are caused by bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus[9], Streptococcus pneumoniae,[10] Streptococcus agalactiae,[11] Haemophilus influenzae[12], and Streptococcus pyogenes[13], azithromycin can often kill the bacteria and end the infection.Azithromycin works well to treat several sexually transmitted infections. These include gonorrhea, which is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae). If untreated, it can cause blindness in newborns, infertility in both men and women, pelvic inflammatory disease, and ectopic pregnancy (where an embryo implants itself outside of the uterus).[14]Azithromycin can also treat chlamydia (caused by Chlamydia trachomatis), which can cause various infections of the urinary and genital systems.Azithromycin is also an effective treatment for chancroid (caused by Haemophilus ducreyi[15]), a common cause of genital ulcers in impoverished parts of Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean.[16] Chancroid (and other diseases that cause genital ulcers) raise a person's risk of getting infected with HIV.[16]Azithromycin works well to kill various other bacteria, including:Helicobacter pylori, which causes more than 90% of stomach ulcers[17]Moraxella catarrhalis and Chlamydia pneumoniae, which can cause
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