Erythromycin and Staphylococcal infection - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Staphylococcal infection is found among people who take Erythromycin, especially for people who are female, 60+ old, have been taking the drug for < 1 month.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Erythromycin and have Staphylococcal infection. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 7,746 people who have side effects when taking Erythromycin from the FDA, and is updated regularly. You can use the study as a second opinion to make health care decisions.
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7,746 people reported to have side effects when taking Erythromycin.
Among them, 49 people (0.63%) have Staphylococcal infection.
What is Erythromycin?
Erythromycin has active ingredients of erythromycin. It is often used in acne. eHealthMe is studying from 8,230 Erythromycin users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Staphylococcal infection?
Staphylococcal infection (an infection with staphylococcus bacteria) is found to be associated with 2,185 drugs and 1,783 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Erythromycin and Staphylococcal infection reports submitted per year:

Time on Erythromycin when people have Staphylococcal infection *:
- < 1 month: 100 %
- 1 - 6 months: 0.0 %
- 6 - 12 months: 0.0 %
- 1 - 2 years: 0.0 %
- 2 - 5 years: 0.0 %
- 5 - 10 years: 0.0 %
- 10+ years: 0.0 %
Gender of people who have Staphylococcal infection when taking Erythromycin *:
- female: 65.31 %
- male: 34.69 %
Age of people who have Staphylococcal infection when taking Erythromycin *:
- 0-1: 0.0 %
- 2-9: 6.38 %
- 10-19: 8.51 %
- 20-29: 6.38 %
- 30-39: 6.38 %
- 40-49: 10.64 %
- 50-59: 27.66 %
- 60+: 34.04 %
Common drugs people take besides Erythromycin *:
- Levaquin: 19 people, 38.78%
- Ibuprofen: 16 people, 32.65%
- Fluconazole: 13 people, 26.53%
- Cephalexin: 13 people, 26.53%
- Flexeril: 13 people, 26.53%
- Aspirin: 13 people, 26.53%
- Keflex: 12 people, 24.49%
- Zithromax: 11 people, 22.45%
- Xanax: 11 people, 22.45%
- Clonazepam: 11 people, 22.45%
Common side effects people have besides Staphylococcal infection *:
- Fever: 17 people, 34.69%
- Weakness: 17 people, 34.69%
- Back Pain: 16 people, 32.65%
- Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 15 people, 30.61%
- Stress And Anxiety: 14 people, 28.57%
- Dehydration (dryness resulting from the removal of water): 13 people, 26.53%
- Pain: 12 people, 24.49%
- Hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure): 11 people, 22.45%
- Weight Decreased: 10 people, 20.41%
- Abasia (inability to walk): 9 people, 18.37%
Common conditions people have *:
- Neoplasm Malignant (cancer tumour): 7 people, 14.29%
- Atrial Fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 3 people, 6.12%
- Gastric Ulcer (stomach ulcer): 2 people, 4.08%
- Allergic Sinusitis: 2 people, 4.08%
- Bipolar Disorder (mood disorder): 2 people, 4.08%
- Cardiac Infection (an infection of the heart): 2 people, 4.08%
- Depression: 2 people, 4.08%
- Endocarditis (inflammation in heart muscle): 2 people, 4.08%
- Stress And Anxiety: 2 people, 4.08%
- Ill-Defined Disorder: 2 people, 4.08%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
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Related studies
Alternative drugs to, pros and cons of Erythromycin:
- Erythromycin (8,230 reports)
Staphylococcal infection treatments and more:
- Staphylococcal infection (43,825 reports)
COVID vaccines that are related to Staphylococcal infection:
- Staphylococcal infection in Moderna COVID Vaccine
- Staphylococcal infection in Pfizer BioNTech Covid Vaccine
- Staphylococcal infection in Johnson and Johnson Covid Vaccine
How severe was Staphylococcal infection and when was it recovered:
Expand to all the drugs that have ingredients of erythromycin:
Common drugs associated with Staphylococcal infection:
- Abilify: 225 reports
- Accutane: 149 reports
- Acetaminophen: 460 reports
- Acetylsalicylic acid: 248 reports
- Acidophilus: 103 reports
- Aciphex: 114 reports
- Actemra: 162 reports
- Actonel: 177 reports
- Actos: 149 reports
- Acyclovir: 397 reports
- Adcirca: 228 reports
- Adderall: 145 reports
- Adriamycin pfs: 163 reports
- Advair diskus 100/50: 176 reports
- Advair hfa: 205 reports
- Advil: 167 reports
- Albuterol: 583 reports
- Albuterol sulfate: 161 reports
- Aldactone: 218 reports
- Alendronate sodium: 252 reports
- Aleve: 123 reports
- Allegra: 224 reports
- Allopurinol: 733 reports
- Alprazolam: 424 reports
- Altace: 117 reports
- Ambien: 523 reports
- Amlodipine: 616 reports
- Amlodipine besylate: 157 reports
- Amoxicillin: 319 reports
- Amphotericin b: 118 reports
- Ampyra: 127 reports
- Aranesp: 210 reports
- Arava: 370 reports
- Aredia: 365 reports
- Arimidex: 127 reports
- Aspirin: 1,609 reports
- Atarax: 144 reports
- Atenolol: 591 reports
- Ativan: 380 reports
- Atorvastatin calcium: 121 reports
- Atrovent: 123 reports
- Aubagio: 112 reports
- Augmentin: 263 reports
- Augmentin '125': 117 reports
- Avandia: 128 reports
- Avastin: 116 reports
- Avelox: 136 reports
- Avonex: 860 reports
- Azathioprine: 344 reports
- Azithromycin: 146 reports
- Baclofen: 523 reports
- Bactrim: 640 reports
- Bactrim ds: 130 reports
- Benadryl: 417 reports
- Betaseron: 141 reports
- Budesonide: 120 reports
- Busulfan: 121 reports
- Calcitriol: 110 reports
- Calcium: 493 reports
- Carboplatin: 335 reports
- Cardizem: 212 reports
- Carvedilol: 265 reports
- Cefazolin: 157 reports
- Ceftazidime: 124 reports
- Ceftriaxone: 169 reports
- Celebrex: 701 reports
- Celexa: 320 reports
- Cellcept: 275 reports
- Centrum: 121 reports
- Cephalexin: 232 reports
- Cimzia: 298 reports
- Cipro: 247 reports
- Cisplatin: 385 reports
- Citalopram hydrobromide: 106 reports
- Clarithromycin: 125 reports
- Claritin: 194 reports
- Clonazepam: 319 reports
- Clonidine: 263 reports
- Clopra: 274 reports
- Clozaril: 112 reports
- Colace: 264 reports
- Combivent: 169 reports
- Copaxone: 104 reports
- Coreg: 243 reports
- Cosentyx: 487 reports
- Coumadin: 759 reports
- Cozaar: 184 reports
- Creon: 111 reports
- Crestor: 316 reports
- Cubicin: 147 reports
- Cyclophosphamide: 955 reports
- Cyclosporine: 432 reports
- Cymbalta: 497 reports
- Cytarabine: 575 reports
- Cytoxan: 129 reports
- Daptomycin: 104 reports
- Decadron: 344 reports
- Demerol: 115 reports
- Depakote: 110 reports
- Detrol: 132 reports
- Dexamethasone: 647 reports
- Diazepam: 349 reports
- Diclofenac sodium: 132 reports
- Diflucan: 344 reports
- Digoxin: 437 reports
- Dilaudid: 343 reports
- Diovan: 260 reports
- Diphen: 371 reports
- Docetaxel: 102 reports
- Doxycycline: 389 reports
- Dupixent: 121 reports
- Duragesic-100: 144 reports
- Effexor: 381 reports
- Effexor xr: 136 reports
- Elavil: 149 reports
- Eliquis: 183 reports
- Enalapril maleate: 138 reports
- Enbrel: 2,552 reports
- Enoxaparin sodium: 105 reports
- Ergocalciferol: 125 reports
- Escitalopram: 111 reports
- Etoposide: 455 reports
- Exjade: 141 reports
- Extraneal: 144 reports
- Famotidine: 291 reports
- Faslodex: 106 reports
- Fenofibrate: 114 reports
- Fentanyl: 363 reports
- Fish oil: 297 reports
- Flagyl: 179 reports
- Flexeril: 270 reports
- Flomax: 239 reports
- Flonase: 281 reports
- Flovent: 170 reports
- Fluconazole: 525 reports
- Fludara: 405 reports
- Fluorouracil: 275 reports
- Fluoxetine: 231 reports
- Folic acid: 806 reports
- Forteo: 248 reports
- Fosamax: 700 reports
- Furosemide: 1,125 reports
- Gabapentin: 910 reports
- Gemzar: 114 reports
- Gentamicin: 190 reports
- Gilenya: 144 reports
- Glipizide: 170 reports
- Glucophage: 250 reports
- Glyburide: 120 reports
- Heparin: 507 reports
- Heparin sodium: 144 reports
- Humalog: 389 reports
- Humira: 2,955 reports
- Humulin r: 125 reports
- Hydramine: 368 reports
- Hydrochlorothiazide: 478 reports
- Hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen: 133 reports
- Hydrocortisone: 181 reports
- Hydroxyzine: 221 reports
- Ibu: 607 reports
- Ibuprofen: 607 reports
- Ifosfamide: 105 reports
- Imbruvica: 168 reports
- Imodium: 159 reports
- Imuran: 169 reports
- Insulin: 189 reports
- Januvia: 176 reports
- Kaletra: 102 reports
- Keflex: 184 reports
- Kenalog: 172 reports
- Keppra: 201 reports
- Klonopin: 259 reports
- Klor-con: 123 reports
- Lactulose: 239 reports
- Lamictal: 182 reports
- Lansoprazole: 430 reports
- Lantus: 550 reports
- Lasix: 1,076 reports
- Leflunomide: 233 reports
- Letairis: 210 reports
- Leucovorin calcium: 108 reports
- Levaquin: 408 reports
- Levofloxacin: 194 reports
- Levothyroxine sodium: 316 reports
- Levoxyl: 103 reports
- Lexapro: 358 reports
- Linezolid: 243 reports
- Lioresal: 216 reports
- Lipitor: 795 reports
- Lisinopril: 985 reports
- Lomotil: 108 reports
- Lopressor: 208 reports
- Loratadine: 129 reports
- Loraz: 474 reports
- Lorazepam: 474 reports
- Lortab: 268 reports
- Losartan: 273 reports
- Lovenox: 273 reports
- Lyrica: 649 reports
- Magnesium: 267 reports
- Medrol: 129 reports
- Melatonin: 133 reports
- Meloxicam: 218 reports
- Mercaptopurine: 122 reports
- Meropenem: 224 reports
- Metformin: 742 reports
- Methotrexate: 2,454 reports
- Methotrexate sodium: 191 reports
- Methylprednisolone: 271 reports
- Metoclopramide: 274 reports
- Metolazone: 108 reports
- Metoprolol succinate: 202 reports
- Metoprolol tartrate: 339 reports
- Metronidazole: 332 reports
- Miralax: 262 reports
- Mirtazapine: 139 reports
- Mobic: 127 reports
- Morphine: 720 reports
- Morphine sulfate: 247 reports
- Motrin: 110 reports
- Ms contin: 140 reports
- Multivitamin: 289 reports
- Mycophenolate mofetil: 596 reports
- Naproxen: 224 reports
- Nasonex: 130 reports
- Neoral: 215 reports
- Neulasta: 105 reports
- Neupogen: 176 reports
- Neurontin: 661 reports
- Nexium: 801 reports
- Nifedipine: 106 reports
- Nitroglycerin: 239 reports
- Norco: 225 reports
- Norvasc: 416 reports
- Novolog: 224 reports
- Nystatin: 326 reports
- Omeprazole: 1,161 reports
- Ondansetron: 333 reports
- Opsumit: 228 reports
- Orencia: 127 reports
- Otezla: 114 reports
- Oxaliplatin: 106 reports
- Oxycodone: 527 reports
- Oxycontin: 508 reports
- Paclitaxel: 147 reports
- Pantoprazole: 610 reports
- Pantoprazole sodium: 144 reports
- Paracetamol: 245 reports
- Paroxetine: 247 reports
- Paxil: 357 reports
- Pegasys: 187 reports
- Peg-intron: 119 reports
- Pentam: 106 reports
- Pentasa: 111 reports
- Pepcid: 298 reports
- Percocet: 469 reports
- Phenergan: 315 reports
- Plaquenil: 375 reports
- Plavix: 433 reports
- Potassium: 195 reports
- Prednisolone: 1,067 reports
- Prednisone: 3,100 reports
- Pregabalin: 149 reports
- Premarin: 217 reports
- Prevacid: 441 reports
- Prilosec: 594 reports
- Proair hfa: 156 reports
- Prograf: 331 reports
- Propofol: 108 reports
- Protonix: 678 reports
- Provigil: 118 reports
- Prozac: 307 reports
- Pulmicort: 135 reports
- Pulmozyme: 191 reports
- Ramipril: 316 reports
- Ranitidine: 327 reports
- Rebetol: 122 reports
- Rebif: 523 reports
- Reglan: 188 reports
- Remeron: 131 reports
- Remicade: 1,132 reports
- Remodulin: 297 reports
- Revatio: 174 reports
- Revlimid: 488 reports
- Ribavirin: 287 reports
- Rifampin: 120 reports
- Risperdal: 122 reports
- Rituxan: 138 reports
- Rocephin: 163 reports
- Sandostatin: 107 reports
- Senna: 117 reports
- Seroquel: 321 reports
- Sertraline: 322 reports
- Simponi: 173 reports
- Simvastatin: 573 reports
- Singulair: 474 reports
- Sodium bicarbonate: 103 reports
- Soliris: 245 reports
- Solu-medrol: 265 reports
- Soma: 128 reports
- Spiriva: 341 reports
- Spironolactone: 349 reports
- Stelara: 285 reports
- Sulfasalazine: 234 reports
- Symbicort: 272 reports
- Synthroid: 748 reports
- Tacrolimus: 649 reports
- Tamsulosin: 113 reports
- Taxol: 164 reports
- Taxotere: 227 reports
- Tecfidera: 149 reports
- Tegretol: 151 reports
- Temaz: 141 reports
- Temazepam: 139 reports
- Thalomid: 154 reports
- Tobi: 128 reports
- Topamax: 173 reports
- Toprol-xl: 194 reports
- Torsemide: 102 reports
- Tracleer: 312 reports
- Tramadol: 611 reports
- Triamcinolone: 177 reports
- Tricor: 120 reports
- Tylenol: 831 reports
- Tysabri: 800 reports
- Ultram: 144 reports
- Valacyclovir: 110 reports
- Valium: 228 reports
- Valtrex: 163 reports
- Velcade: 307 reports
- Veletri: 175 reports
- Ventolin: 184 reports
- Vicodin: 442 reports
- Vincristine sulfate: 175 reports
- Vioxx: 534 reports
- Vitamin b12: 279 reports
- Vitamin c: 171 reports
- Vitamin d: 579 reports
- Vitamin d3: 204 reports
- Vitamin e: 118 reports
- Vitamins: 483 reports
- Voltaren: 234 reports
- Voriconazole: 143 reports
- Warfarin sodium: 348 reports
- Wellbutrin: 391 reports
- Xanax: 527 reports
- Xarelto: 184 reports
- Xeljanz: 418 reports
- Xeljanz xr: 114 reports
- Xeloda: 106 reports
- Xolair: 225 reports
- Xyrem: 162 reports
- Zanaflex: 104 reports
- Zantac: 340 reports
- Zestril: 130 reports
- Zithromax: 169 reports
- Zocor: 403 reports
- Zofran: 564 reports
- Zoloft: 513 reports
- Zolpidem: 255 reports
- Zolpidem tartrate: 111 reports
- Zometa: 489 reports
- Zopiclone: 119 reports
- Zyprexa: 134 reports
- Zyrtec: 321 reports
- Zyvox: 202 reports
All the drugs that are associated with Staphylococcal infection:
- Staphylococcal infection (2,185 drugs)
Common conditions associated with Staphylococcal infection:
- Acid reflux: 543 reports
- Acupuncture and pain: 898 reports
- Acute childhood leukemia: 269 reports
- Acute lymphoblastic anemia: 269 reports
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia: 249 reports
- Acute lymphocytic leukaemia: 269 reports
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia: 269 reports
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia (all): 269 reports
- Acute myeloid leukaemia: 426 reports
- A-fib: 192 reports
- Agrypnia: 305 reports
- All: 269 reports
- Ankylosing spondylitis: 347 reports
- Anticoagulant therapy: 127 reports
- Antidepressant therapy: 781 reports
- Anxiety: 493 reports
- Anxiety, apprehension, feeling uptight, jitters, stress, stress and anxiety, tension: 493 reports
- Arthritis: 265 reports
- Asthma: 542 reports
- Atrial fibrillation: 192 reports
- Atrial fibrillation/flutter: 188 reports
- Back pain: 294 reports
- Bipolar: 153 reports
- Bipolar disorder: 154 reports
- Birth control: 212 reports
- Bladder infection: 136 reports
- Blood cholesterol abnormal: 631 reports
- Blood cholesterol increased: 631 reports
- Blood triglycerides abnormal: 631 reports
- Blood triglycerides increased: 631 reports
- Bone and joint pain: 170 reports
- Bone marrow conditioning regimen: 196 reports
- Breast cancer: 244 reports
- Breast cancer metastatic: 152 reports
- Cancer - breast: 241 reports
- Cannot sleep: 292 reports
- Chemotherapy: 188 reports
- Chronic asthma: 561 reports
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: 204 reports
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: 277 reports
- Colitis ulcerative: 292 reports
- Constipation: 226 reports
- Contraception: 213 reports
- Copd: 277 reports
- Crohns: 1,287 reports
- Crohn's disease: 1,219 reports
- Crohns disease: 1,287 reports
- Cystic fibrosis: 309 reports
- Cystitis: 136 reports
- Depression: 781 reports
- Dermatitis atopic: 136 reports
- Diabetes: 624 reports
- Diabetes mellitus: 634 reports
- Diabetes mellitus management: 624 reports
- Diabetes mellitus non-insulin-dependent: 241 reports
- Diarrhea aggravated: 143 reports
- Dm: 624 reports
- Epilepsy: 115 reports
- Exercise-induced asthma: 561 reports
- Fever: 183 reports
- Fibromyalgia: 154 reports
- Fibrositis: 158 reports
- Gastric ulcer: 106 reports
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease: 543 reports
- Gastrooesophageal reflux disease: 543 reports
- Gerd: 543 reports
- Hbp: 1,317 reports
- Hepatitis c: 403 reports
- High blood cholesterol: 631 reports
- High blood cholesterol and triglycerides: 631 reports
- High blood pressure: 1,270 reports
- Hiv: 238 reports
- Hiv infection: 244 reports
- Hiv test: 238 reports
- Hypercholesterolaemia: 631 reports
- Hyperlipidemia: 631 reports
- Hypersensitivity: 167 reports
- Hypertension: 1,324 reports
- Hypothyroid: 257 reports
- Hypothyroidism: 272 reports
- Ileitis: 1,287 reports
- Immunodeficiency common variable: 141 reports
- Infection: 292 reports
- Insomnia: 292 reports
- Itching: 101 reports
- Jitters: 493 reports
- Joint pain: 170 reports
- Kidney transplant: 275 reports
- Leukemia - acute childhood (all): 269 reports
- Lipid profile: 331 reports
- Lower cholesterol: 348 reports
- Low thyroid: 272 reports
- Lung cancer - non-small cell: 147 reports
- Metastases to bone: 134 reports
- Ms: 2,519 reports
- Multiple myeloma: 851 reports
- Multiple sclerosis: 2,519 reports
- Muscle spasms: 189 reports
- Muscle spasticity: 283 reports
- Narcolepsy: 132 reports
- Nausea: 286 reports
- Neuralgia: 122 reports
- Non-hodgkin's lymphoma: 218 reports
- Non-small cell lung cancer: 152 reports
- Oa: 146 reports
- Osteoarthritis: 150 reports
- Osteopenia: 191 reports
- Osteoporosis: 769 reports
- Pain: 1,311 reports
- Pain relief: 1,336 reports
- Parkinsonism aggravated: 168 reports
- Parkinson's disease: 170 reports
- Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria: 121 reports
- Plaque psoriasis: 1,566 reports
- Plasma cell myeloma: 878 reports
- Pneumonia: 184 reports
- Preventive health care: 396 reports
- Primary pulmonary hypertension: 765 reports
- Psoriasis: 1,566 reports
- Psoriatic arthropathy: 1,023 reports
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension: 765 reports
- Pulmonary hypertension: 234 reports
- Ra: 3,972 reports
- Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: 187 reports
- Renal transplant: 275 reports
- Rheumatoid arthritis: 3,972 reports
- Schizophrenia: 222 reports
- Sleep disorder: 234 reports
- Sleeping difficulty: 305 reports
- Sleep issues: 305 reports
- Sleeplessness: 305 reports
- Spondylitis: 347 reports
- Staphylococcal infection: 352 reports
- Stress: 474 reports
- Stress and anxiety: 493 reports
- Systemic lupus erythematosus: 122 reports
- Tension: 493 reports
- Thrombosis: 208 reports
- Thyroid diseases: 140 reports
- Thyroide: 140 reports
- Transplant - kidney: 275 reports
- Type 2 diabetes: 443 reports
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus: 443 reports
- Ulcerative colitis: 292 reports
- Underactive thyroid: 272 reports
- Under active thyroids: 272 reports
- Urinary tract infection: 138 reports
- Uti: 132 reports
- Vitamin supplementation: 162 reports
All the conditions that are associated with Staphylococcal infection:
- Staphylococcal infection (1,783 conditions)
How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on erythromycin (the active ingredients of Erythromycin) and Erythromycin (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
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