Clinical and bacteriological outcomes in hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated with azithromycin plus ceftriaxone, or ceftriaxone plus clarithromycin or erythromycin: a prospective, randomised, multicentre study.

Tamm, M; Todisco, T; Feldman, C; Garbino, J; Blasi, F; Hogan, P; de Caprariis, P J; Hoepelman, I M

Tamm, M; Todisco, T; Feldman, C; Garbino, J; Blasi, F; Hogan, P; de Caprariis, P J; Hoepelman, I M.

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Tamm M; Division of Pneumology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: MTamm@uhbs.ch.
Todisco T; Pulmonary Division and Respiratory ICU, Silvestrini Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
Feldman C; Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Johannesburg Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Garbino J; Infectious Diseases Division, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Blasi F; University of Milan, IRCCS, Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Hogan P; Pfizer, New York, NY, USA.
de Caprariis PJ; Pfizer, New York, NY, USA.
Hoepelman IM; Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Clin Microbiol Infect ; 13(2): 162-171, 2007 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17328728

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Azithromycin/therapeutic use; Ceftriaxone/therapeutic use; Clarithromycin/therapeutic use; Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy; Erythromycin/therapeutic use; Pneumonia/drug therapy; Administration, Oral; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage; Azithromycin/administration & dosage; Ceftriaxone/administration & dosage; Clarithromycin/administration & dosage; Drug Therapy, Combination; Erythromycin/administration & dosage; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Male; Middle Aged; Pneumonia/microbiology; Prospective Studies; Random Allocation; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 4_TD Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia / Ceftriaxone / Erythromycin / Clarithromycin / Community-Acquired Infections / Azithromycin / Anti-Bacterial Agents Type of study: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect Year: 2007 Document type: Article

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