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Compliance with azithromycin versus erythromycin in the setting of a pertussis outbreak.

Rose A Devasia, Timothy F Jones, Beth Collier, and William Schaffner

Am J Med Sci 337(3):176-8 (2009) PMID 19301451

Erythromycin has traditionally been the choice for prophylaxis and treatment of pertussis, but recently azithromycin has been recommended as another first-line agent. We evaluated treatment adherence between exposed persons giving erythromycin or azithromycin during a community-wide pertussis outbreak.

DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318184e72f
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