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Erythromycin vs Telithromycin - What's the difference?

erythromycin | telithromycin |

As nouns the difference between erythromycin and telithromycin

is that erythromycin is any of a class of macrolide antibiotics produced by an actinomycete of the genus streptomyces while telithromycin is the first ketolide antibiotic to enter clinical use, a semisynthetic erythromycin derivative used to treat mild to moderate respiratory infections.

erythromycin

English

Noun

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

    • telithromycin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia telithromycin)
  • The first ketolide antibiotic to enter clinical use, a semisynthetic erythromycin derivative used to treat mild to moderate respiratory infections.