Retrospective Cohort Study of the Efficacy of Azithromycin Vs. Doxycycline as Part of Combination Therapy in Non-Intensive Care Unit Veterans Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Description

The IDSA Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Guideline recommends ceftriaxone in combination with doxycycline as an alternative to combination therapy with ceftriaxone and azithromycin for non-intensive care unit (ICU) patients hospitalized with CAP. This is an attractive alternative regimen due to recent concerns of increased cardiovascular risk associated with azithromycin. The objective of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of azithromycin and doxycycline each in combination with ceftriaxone for non-ICU Veterans hospitalized with CAP.

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1. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3177
2. https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4273&context=etsu-works

Tags

veterans

treatment outcome

blood culture positive

infectious diseases society of america

curb criteria

emergency service

hospital

inpatients

intensive care unit

patient readmission

pneumonia

community acquired pneumonia

cardiovascular disease risk factors

Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-4273
Date	01 October 2017
Creators	Spivey, Justin, Sirek, Heather, Wood, Robert, Devani, Kalpit, Brooks, Billy, Moorman, Jonathan
Publisher	Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source Sets	East Tennessee State University
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	ETSU Faculty Works