Azithromycin and Levofloxacin Use and Increased Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia and Death

Rao, Guodong; R. Mann, Joshua; Shoaibi, Azza; L. Bennett, Charles; J. Nahhas, Georges; Scott Sutton, S.; Jacob, S.; M. Strayer, Scott

doi:10.1370/afm.1601

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Azithromycin and Levofloxacin Use and Increased Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia and Death

Published in The Annals of Family Medicine • Mar 1, 2014

Authors:

Guodong Rao

Joshua R. Mann

Azza Shoaibi

Abstract

PURPOSE: Azithromycin use has been associated with increased risk of death among patients at high baseline risk, but not for younger and middle-aged adults. The Food and Drug Administration issued a public warning on azithromycin, including a statement that the risks were similar for levofloxacin. W...

Subject

Medicine

Levofloxacin

Azithromycin

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