Open AccessThe Association of Antibiotic Treatment Regimen and Hospital Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Legionella Pneumonia
Author(s) -
Hayley B. Gershengorn,
Adam Keene,
Amy Dzierba,
Hannah Wunsch
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/civ157
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , antibiotics , regimen , legionella , intensive care medicine , legionnaires' disease , legionella pneumophila , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology
Guidelines recommend azithromycin or a quinolone antibiotic for treatment of Legionella pneumonia. No clinical study has compared these strategies.
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