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Erythromycin vs Azithromycin - What's the difference?

erythromycin | azithromycin |

As nouns the difference between erythromycin and azithromycin

is that erythromycin is any of a class of macrolide antibiotics produced by an actinomycete of the genus streptomyces while azithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.

erythromycin

English

Noun

(wikipedia erythromycin) (en noun)
  • Any of a class of macrolide antibiotics produced by an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces

    • azithromycin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia azithromycin) (en noun)
  • A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.

    • Derived terms

    * Z-pak