Table 1.

Effects of azithromycin on cardiac parameters

	C	15 mg/kg AZI	30 mg/kg AZI
CK-MB (ng ml-)	47.05 ± 8.41	61.35 ± 5.52*	66.66 ± 9.6*
LDH (IU L-)	37.41 ± 11.99	43.34 ± 12.87	60.95 ± 9.66*,+

Definition of abbreviations: CK-MB, creatine kinase-myocardial band; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase. C: distilled water-administered rats for 14 days; 15 mg/kg AZI: 15 mg^- kg azithromycin-administered rats for 14 days; 30 mg/kg AZI: 30 mg^- kg azithromycin-administered rats for 14 days.

^*Different from the control group (P < 0.05);

⁺Different from the 15 mg^- kg AZI group (P < 0.05).