re erythromycin in article sdcc ucsd edu wsun jeeves ucsd edu fiberman writes is erythromycin effective in treating pneumonia it depends on the cause of the pneumonia for treating bacterial pneumonia in young otherwise healthy non smokers erythromycin is usually considered the antibiotic of choice since it covers the two most common pathogens strep pneumoniae and mycoplasma pneumoniae david rind rind enterprise bih harvard edu
