What generation of antibiotics is Azithromycin?

Azithromycin is a kind of second-generation antibiotics, which has therapeutic effects on a variety of infectious diseases. Azithromycin has a good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, but it is not suitable for everyone. The side effects caused by overdose are no less than other diseases. Therefore, it needs to be taken on time and in the right amount under the guidance of a doctor to avoid harming the body. What generation of antibiotics is azithromycin? Obviously, azithromycin is an antibiotic (strictly speaking, it is called an antibacterial drug). Azithromycin belongs to the second-generation macrolide antibiotics, which are clinically suitable for the treatment of infectious diseases caused by sensitive bacteria. What diseases can azithromycin treat? 1. Acute pharyngitis and acute tonsillitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes; 2. Bacterial infectious acute bronchitis, acute bacterial infectious exacerbation of chronic bronchitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, or Streptococcus pneumoniae; 3. Community-acquired pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila; 4. Urethritis and cervicitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and non-multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 5. Chancroid caused by Haemophilus ducreyi; 6. Skin and soft tissue infections caused by sensitive bacteria; 7. Used in combination with other drugs to prevent and treat Mycobacterium avium complex infections in HIV-infected individuals.