file.newsgroup.med.58797 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (David Rind)
Subject: Re: erythromycin
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Fiberman) writes:
>Is erythromycin effective in treating pneumonia?
It depends on the cause of the pneumonia. For treating bacterial
pneumonia in young otherwise-healthy non-smokers, erythromycin
is usually considered the antibiotic of choice, since it covers
the two most-common pathogens: strep pneumoniae and mycoplasma
pneumoniae.
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David Rind
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