Association Between the Order of Macrolide and Cephalosporin Treatment and Outcomes of Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Many patients hospitalized with pneumonia are treated with combination macrolide/cephalosporin therapy. Macrolides have immunomodulatory effects and do not directly cause bacterial lysis. These effects suggest the possibility that initial treatment with a macrolide before a cephalosporin...

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Autores principales: Metersky, Mark L, Priya, Aruna, Mortensen, Eric M, Lindenauer, Peter K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28948176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx141

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28948176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx141

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