Summary
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.
- macrolide
- antibiotic
- community-acquired pneumonia
- infectious diseases clinical trials
- bacterial infections
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