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.