Ureaplasma infection

Uncomplicated urethral infections in adults caused by C. trachomatis or Ureaplasma urealyticum 00 mg every 12 hours for at least 7 days. 

Uncomplicated urethral, endocervical and rectal infections. Non gonococcal urethritis (NGU) caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum, chancroid caused by H. 

Although the clinical usefulness of tetracyclines is limited for most of the common microbial pathogens, they remain drugs of choice (or very effective alternative therapy) for a wide variety of infections caused by less common pathogens. These include brucellosis rickettsial infections such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus, and Q fever Mycoplasma pneumonia cholera plague Ureaplasma urethritis Chlamydia infections and Lyme disease. Oral doxycycline, 100 mg orally twice a day for 7 days, is a recommended treatment for chlamydial sexually transmitted disease. 

Chlamydia trachomatis is the primary cause of nongonococcal urethritis, followed by Ureaplasma urealyticum. Doxycycline is the tetracycline of choice for the treatment of nongonococcal urethritis because it has activity against both organisms. There are three tetracyclines that are primarily used for the treatment of infections tetracycline, doxycy-... 

Erythromycin is used for infections caused by gram-positive cocci (not MRSA), atypical organisms (Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, and Ureaplasma species), Legionella pneumophila, and Campylobacter jejuni. 

C. Clinical Uses Erythromycin is effective in the treatment of infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, corynebacterium. Chlamydia trachomatis, Legionella pneumophila, Ureaplasma urealyticum, and Bordetella pertussis. The drug is also active against gram-positive cocci, including pneumococci and beta-lactamase-producing staphylococci (but not MRSA strains). 

Azithromycin (Zithromax) Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, Treponema, Chlamydia, Borrelia burgdorferi. Gram pos except Corynebacterium Listeria. Gram negatives except Neisseria Pasteurella. Anaerobes Clostridium, B. bivius, Peptostreptococcus. Same as clarithromycin plus uncomplicated Chlamydia infections. 

Lower respiratory tract disease may develop in neonates while hospitalized as a result of infection with organisms acquired perinatally from their mother s vaginal fiora. These can include the group B streptococcus, Mycoplasma species, and Ureaplasma urealyticum. 

Waites KB, Crouse DT, Cassell, GH. Antibiotic susceptibilities and therapeutic options for Ureaplasma urealyticum infection in neonates. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1992 11 23-29. 

Walsh WF, Stanley S, Lally KP, Stribley RG, Treece DP, McCloskey F, Mull DM. Ureaplasma urealyticum demonstrated by open lung biopsy in newborns with chronic lung disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1991 10 823 -827. 

Cassell GH, Waites KB, Crouse DT, Rudd PT, Canupp KC, Stagnos, Cutter GR. Association of Ureaplasma urealyticum infection of the lower respiratory tract with chronic lung disease and death in very low birth weight infants. Lancet 1988 2 240-245. 

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