Antibiotic Resistance

Commonly prescribed antibiotic ineffective

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 4th, 2002

A U.S. study in the May 11, 2002, issue of the Lancet concludes that the antibiotic azithromycin is ineffective for treating bronchitis, even though it is often prescribed by physicians for this condition.

Azithromycin is an expensive, broad-spectrum antibiotic; there is limited evidence about its effectiveness in treating bronchitis. Arthur Evans and colleagues from Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, investigated whether people with bronchitis given azithromycin returned to work earlier, and had greater improvements in health-related quality-of-life scores, compared with individuals given low-dose vitamin C.

The investigators randomly...

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