Why do you need to take azithromycin if you are negative for mycoplasma?

Azithromycin may be required for mycoplasma negative for several reasons, such as misdiagnosis leading to mistreatment, prevention of mycoplasma infection, and the need for azithromycin treatment for other bacterial infections.

1. Misdiagnosis leads to mistreatment: The test results of mycoplasma may be affected by experimental operations, experimental methods and patient-related factors, so the possibility of misdiagnosis cannot be completely ruled out. During the diagnosis process, the doctor will consider the patient's actual condition and formulate a treatment plan based on the clinical history, signs and laboratory test results.

2. Prevention of mycoplasma infection: When there is an epidemic of mycoplasma pneumonia in the collective population of schools or military camps, susceptible people can use azithromycin to prevent it, although it cannot effectively prevent the infection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, but it can reduce the severity of the disease.

3. Other bacterial infections need to be treated with azithromycin: Azithromycin has a wide antibacterial spectrum, which can not only kill mycoplasma, but also treat other bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, pharyngitis, otitis media, etc. If people have other bacterial infections, doctors may prescribe azithromycin to treat nonmycoplasma infections.

Patients are advised to follow the doctor's advice, and if there are adverse reactions or symptoms continue to worsen, please communicate with the doctor in time to adjust the treatment plan.