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Review: antibiotics active against atypical pathogens do not improve community acquired pneumonia more than β lactam antibiotics

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.10.4.115

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    Mills GD, Oehley MR, Arroll B. Effectiveness of β lactam antibiotics compared with antibiotics active against atypical pathogens in non-severe community acquired pneumonia: meta-analysis. BMJ 2005;330:456.
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 Q In patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP), how do antibiotics active against atypical pathogens (AAAAPs) compare with β lactam antibiotics for effectiveness?

    Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ Internal medicine ★★★★★★☆ Infectious disease ★★★★★★☆

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    Cochrane Central Controlled Trials Register, Medline, and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (to December 2003); conference proceedings; registration authorities; reference lists of review articles and retrieved studies; and pharmaceutical companies conducting trials on AAAAPs.

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    randomised, blinded (investigators, patients, and outcome assessors), controlled trials (RCTs) that compared AAAAPs (fluoroquinolones, macrolides, and ketolides) with β lactam antibiotics (penicillins and cephalosporins) in patients with radiographically confirmed CAP.

    Embedded ImageOutcomes:

    failure to achieve clinical cure or improvement and all cause …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr G D Mills, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand. millsgwaikatodhb.govt.nz

    • Source of funding: Waikato District Health Board.