Macrolides in critically ill patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

M. Arabi, Yaseen; Deeb, Ahmad; Al-Hameed, Fahad; Mandourah, Yasser; A. Almekhlafi, Ghaleb; Sindi, Anees; Al‐Omari, Awad; Shalhoub, Sarah; Mady, Ahmed; Alraddadi, Basem; Almotairi, Abdullah; Al Khatib, Kasim; Abdulmomen, Ahmed; Qushmaq, Ismael; Solaiman, Othman; M. Al‐Aithan, Abdulsalam; Al‐Raddadi, Rajaa; Ragab, Ahmad; Al Harthy, Abdulrahman; Kharaba, Ayman; Jose, Jesna; Dabbagh, Tarek; Fowler, Robert; H. Balkhy, Hanan; Merson, Laura; G. Hayden, Frederick

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2019.01.041

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Macrolides in critically ill patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jan 27, 2019

Authors:

Yaseen M. Arabi

Ahmad Deeb

Fahad Al-Hameed

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Macrolides have been reported to be associated with improved outcomes in patients with viral pneumonia related to influenza and other viruses, possibly because of their immune-modulatory effects. Macrolides have frequently been used in patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS...

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Critically ill

Middle East respiratory syndrome

Medicine

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