Telithromycin

General

  • Type:
  • Dosage Forms:
  • Common Trade Names: Ketek

Adult Dosing

Pediatric Dosing

Special Populations

  • Pregnancy Rating:
  • Lactation:
  • Renal Dosing
    • Adult
    • Pediatric
  • Hepatic Dosing
    • Adult
    • Pediatric

Contraindications

  • Allergy to class/drug

Adverse Reactions

Serious

Common

Pharmacology

  • Half-life:
  • Metabolism:
  • Excretion:
  • Mechanism of Action:

Antibiotic Sensitivities[1]

Group Organism Sensitivity
Gram PositiveStrep. Group A, B, C, GS
Strep. PneumoniaeS
Viridans strepX1
Strep. anginosus gpX1
Enterococcus faecalisI
Enterococcus faeciumR
MSSAS
MRSAR
CA-MRSAI
Staph. EpidermidisR
C. jeikeiumR
L. monocytogenesS
Gram NegativesN. gonorrhoeaeX2
N. meningitidisX2
Moraxella catarrhalisS
H. influenzaeS
E. coliR
Klebsiella spR
E. coli/Klebsiella ESBL+R
E coli/Klebsiella KPC+R
Enterobacter sp, AmpC negR
Enterobacter sp, AmpC posR
Serratia spX1
Serratia marcescensR
Salmonella spR
Shigella spR
Proteus mirabilisX1
Proteus vulgarisR
Providencia sp.X1
Morganella sp.X1
Citrobacter freundiiX1
Citrobacter diversusX1
Citrobacter sp.X1
Aeromonas spX1
Acinetobacter sp.R
Pseudomonas aeruginosaR
Burkholderia cepaciaR
Stenotrophomonas maltophiliaR
Yersinia enterocoliticaR
Francisella tularensisX1
Brucella sp.R
Legionella sp.X2
Pasteurella multocidaX1
Haemophilus ducreyiX1
Vibrio vulnificusX1
MiscChlamydophila spS
Mycoplasm pneumoniaeS
Rickettsia spS
Mycobacterium aviumX1
AnaerobesActinomycesX1
Bacteroides fragilisX1
Prevotella melaninogenicaX1
Clostridium difficileX1
Clostridium (not difficile)X1
Fusobacterium necrophorumX1
Peptostreptococcus sp.S

Key

  • S susceptible/sensitive (usually)
  • I intermediate (variably susceptible/resistant)
  • R resistant (or not effective clinically)
  • S+ synergistic with cell wall antibiotics
  • U sensitive for UTI only (non systemic infection)
  • X1 no data
  • X2 active in vitro, but not used clinically
  • X3 active in vitro, but not clinically effective for Group A strep pharyngitis or infections due to E. faecalis
  • X4 active in vitro, but not clinically effective for strep pneumonia

See Also

References

  1. Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy 2014
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