Description
Oxytetracycline is indicated in infections caused by the following microorganisms:
Rickettsiae (Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus fever and the typhus group, Q fever, rickettsialpox and tick fevers),
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (PPLO, Eaton Agent),
Agents of psittacosis and ornithosis,
Agents of lymphogranuloma venereum and granuloma inguinale,
The spirochetal agent of relapsing fever (Borrelia recurrentis).
The following gram negative microorganisms:
Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid),
Pasteurella pestis, and Pasteurella tularensis,
Bartonella bacilliformis,
Bacteroides species,
Vibrio comma and Vibrio fetus,
Brucella species (in conjunction with streptomycin). In acute intestinal amebiasis, the tetracyclines may be a useful adjunct to amebicides.
In severe acne, the tetracyclines may be useful adjunctive therapy.
Tetracyclines are indicated in the treatment of trachoma, although the infectious agent is not always eliminated, as judged by immunofluorescence.
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