Intravenous azithromycin as salvage therapy in a patient with Legionnaire's disease

Thorax. 1994 Jun;49(6):620-1. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.6.620.

Abstract

A patient with proven Legionnaire's disease is described whose clinical condition improved with intravenous azithromycin after failure to respond to treatment with erythromycin and rifampicin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Azithromycin / administration & dosage*
  • Erythromycin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Legionnaires' Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy*
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Salvage Therapy
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Erythromycin
  • Azithromycin
  • Rifampin