Antibiotics for bacteremic pneumonia: Improved outcomes with macrolides but not fluoroquinolones.

Metersky ML, Ma A, Houck PM, Bratzler DW. Antibiotics for bacteremic pneumonia: Improved outcomes with macrolides but not fluoroquinolones. Chest. 2007 Feb; 131(2):466-73.

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subject areas

Aged
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Atypical Bacterial Forms
Atypical Bacterial Forms
Cohort Studies
Cohort Studies
Female
Female
Fluoroquinolones
Fluoroquinolones
Hospitalization
Hospitalization
Humans
Humans
Macrolides
Macrolides
Male
Male
Medicare
Medicare
Middle Aged
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Retrospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Treatment Outcome
United States
United States

authors with profiles

Dale W Bratzler