PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nichols, Emma Hitt
ED  - Postma, Douwe F.
TI  - Macrolides Linked to Cardiac Events in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
DP  - 2015 Jul 23
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 11--12
VI  - 15
IP  - 48
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/48/11.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/48/11.1.full
AB  - A post hoc analysis of data from > 2000 patients from the CAP-START trial found that macrolide antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia resulted in an increased risk of cardiac events, including arrhythmia and heart failure, compared with patients who received other antibiotic therapies.