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Article: Study Finds More Effective Treatment for Pneumonia Following Influenza
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 8, 2009
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Results of St. Jude study could shape new treatments for
secondary pneumonia
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scientists at
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated a more
effective treatment for bacterial pneumonia following influenza.
They found that the antibiotics clindamycin and azithromycin, which
kill bacteria by inhibiting their protein synthesis, are more
effective than a standard first-line treatment with the "beta-
lactam" antibiotic ampicillin, which causes the ...