From: Combination antibiotic therapy for community-acquired pneumonia
Author | Year | Cohort | Site | Outcome | Study design |
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Gleason et al. [16] | 1999 | Patients aged ≥ 65 years with CAP | Ward | Lower 30-day mortality with β-lactam plus macrolide | Multicenter, retrospective |
Dudas et al. [17] | 2000 | CAP | Ward | Lower mortality with β-lactam plus macrolide and reduced LOS | Multicenter, prospective |
Waterer et al. [19] | 2001 | Pneumococcal bacteremia | Ward | Lower hospital mortality with combination | Multicenter, retrospective |
Brown et al. [21] | 2003 | CAP | Ward | Lower 30-day mortality with β-lactam plus macrolide | Multicenter, retrospective |
Martínez et al. [20] | 2003 | Pneumococcal bacteremia | Ward | Lower in-hospital mortality with β-lactam plus macrolide | Monocenter, retrospective |
Baddour et al. [22] | 2004 | Pneumococcal bacteremia | Ward ICU | Lower 14-day mortality with combination | Multicenter, prospective |
Weiss et al. [5] | 2004 | Pneumococcal bacteremia | Ward | Lower mortality with combination | Monocenter, retrospective |
García-Vázquez et al. [23] | 2005 | CAP | Ward | Lower mortality with β-lactam plus macrolide | Multicenter, prospective |
Mortensen et al. [24] | 2006 | CAP | Ward ICU | Lower 30-day mortality with β-lactam plus other than FQ | Multicenter, retrospective |
Rodríguez et al. [25] | 2007 | CAP | ICU | Lower 28-day mortality with combination | Multicenter, retrospective |
Metersky et al. [26] | 2007 | Pneumococcal bacteremia | Ward | Lower 30-day mortality with β-lactam plus macrolide | Multicenter, retrospective |
Restrepo et al. [27] | 2009 | Severe sepsis pneumonia | Ward | Lower 30- and 90-day mortalities with combination plus macrolide | Multicenter, retrospective |
Tessmer et al. [28] | 2009 | CAP | Ward | Lower 14- and 30-day mortalities with β-lactam plus macrolide | Multicenter, retrospective |
Martín-Loeches et al. [29] | 2010 | Intubated CAP | ICU | Lower ICU mortality IDSA/ATS combination plus macrolide | Multicenter, prospective |