TETRACYCLINE HCL (tetracycline hcl)


Drug overview for TETRACYCLINE HCL (tetracycline hcl):

Generic name: TETRACYCLINE HCL (TET-ra-SYE-kleen)
Drug class: Tetracyclines
Therapeutic class: Anti-Infective Agents

Tetracycline is an antibiotic derived from Streptomyces aureofaciens or produced semisynthetically from oxytetracycline.

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The following indications for TETRACYCLINE HCL (tetracycline hcl) have been approved by the FDA:

Indications:
Acne vulgaris
Actinomycosis
Acute bacterial otitis media
Anthrax
Bacterial urinary tract infection
Brucellosis
Female urethral syndrome
Genitourinary Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Gingivostomatitis
Granuloma inguinale
Inclusion conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis
Inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Pharyngitis
Pneumonia
Psittacosis
Q fever
Rectal Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Relapsing fever
Rickettsialpox
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Sexually transmitted epididymo-orchitis
Sinusitis
Skin and skin structure infection
Syphilis
Trachoma
Typhus infections
Yaws


Professional Synonyms:
Acne simplex
Actinomycotic infection
Actinophytosis
Bacterial otitis media
Bedsonia pneumonia
Bilious typhoid of Griesinger
Black fever - Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Black measles
Blue disease
Blue fever
Bouba
Brazilian spotted fever
Camp fever
Chronic contagious microbial inflammation
Colombian tick fever
Common acne
Conjunctivitis caused by chlamydia trachomatis
Contagious granular conjunctivitis
Donovanosis
Egyptian ophthalmia
Exanthematic typhus of Sao Paulo
Famine fever
Fourth venereal disease
Frambesia
Genitourinary infection due to Chlamydia trachomatis
Granular lids
Granular ophthalmia
Granuloma venereum
Inclusion blennorrhea
Inclusion conjunctivitis
Infection by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis
Infection due to Calymmatobacterium granulomatis
Infection due to Rickettsia burnetii
Infection due to Rickettsia diaporica
Infection of skin and/or subcutaneous tissue
Jail fever
Kew Garden fever
Malta fever
Mexican spotted fever
Ornithosis
Parangi
Parrot fever
Pian
Pinta fever
Pudendal ulcer
Query fever
Rectal infection due to Chlamydia trachomatis
Recurrent fever
Sao Paulo fever
Sao Paulo typhus
Ship fever
Simple acne
Sinuitis
Skin and soft tissue skin infection
Spirillum fever
Throat inflammation
Tobia fever
Trachomatous follicular conjunctivitis
Typhinia
Typhus fever
Typhus infection
Typhus
Undulant fever
Vesicular rickettsiosis