Azithromycin and decolonization after HUS

An observational study associates azithromycin use with accelerated stool decolonization in patients infected with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4. Even if this association is causal, however, the value of late-in-illness treatment is not established and the results provide no support...

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Published inNature reviews. Nephrology Vol. 8; no. 6; pp. 317 - 318
Main Authors Seifert, Michael E., Tarr, Phillip I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.06.2012
Nature Publishing Group
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Azithromycin
Decolonization
Drug therapy
Health aspects
Hemolytic-uremic syndrome
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Nephrology
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United States
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Summary:An observational study associates azithromycin use with accelerated stool decolonization in patients infected with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O104:H4. Even if this association is causal, however, the value of late-in-illness treatment is not established and the results provide no support for early-in-illness treatment of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections.
ISSN:1759-5061
1759-507X
DOI:10.1038/nrneph.2012.87