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1463. Comparative Evaluation of Adverse Tendon Events Between Recipients of Fluoroquinolones and Ceftriaxone/Azithromycin Among Veterans Affairs Patients with Community Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are used commonly for patients with community acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP). A recent FDA Drug Safety Communication strengthened labeling regarding tendinopathy/tendon rupture for FQs. The data prompting this change lacked a comparator group of patients using...

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Autores principales: Patel, Nimish, Clark, Jeffrey, Stornelli, Nicholas, Belfiore, Gina, Lodise, Thomas P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252766/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1293