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Older antibiotics suffice in most CAP outpatients: Quinolone's cost is probably not justified. (Metaanalysis Finding).(community acquired pneumonia)
Publication: Internal Medicine News Publication Date: 15-FEB-02 Author: Zoler, Mitchel L.
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COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group
CHICAGO -- Older, less expensive antibiotics are about as good as the newer oral quinolones for treating community acquired pneumonia in otherwise healthy adults who are treated as outpatients.
In a metaanalysis of 12 controlled trials of pneumonia treatment that were conducted during the 1990s and involved 4,443 patients, the number needed to treat to see a quinolone advantage was 33, Dr. Alan R. Salkind said at the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology. This...
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