Cost-effectiveness of IV-to-oral switch therapy: azithromycin vs cefuroxime with or without erythromycin for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.

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Published in Chest on October 01, 2002

Authors

Joseph A Paladino1, Larry D Gudgel, Alan Forrest, Michael S Niederman

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1: CPL Associates LLC, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. paladino@cplassociates.com

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