Clinical Efficacy of Intravenous followed by Oral Azithromycin Monotherapy in Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

F. Plouffe, Joseph; B. Schwartz, Douglas; Kolokathis, Antonia; W. Sherman, Bruce; M. Arnow, Paul; A. Gezon, John; Suh, Byungse; Anzuetto, Antonio; N. Greenberg, Richard; S. Niederman, Michael; A. Paladino, Joseph; A. Ramírez, Julio; Inverso, Jill; Knirsch, Charles

doi:10.1128/aac.44.7.1796-1802.2000

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Clinical Efficacy of Intravenous followed by Oral Azithromycin Monotherapy in Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • Jul 1, 2000

Authors:

Joseph F. Plouffe

Douglas B. Schwartz

Antonia Kolokathis

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate intravenous (i.v.) azithromycin followed by oral azithromycin as a monotherapeutic regimen for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Two trials of i.v. azithromycin used as initial monotherapy in hospitalized CAP patients are summarized. Clinical efficacy is r...

Subject

Azithromycin

Medicine

Cefuroxime

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