Azithromycin (AZM) reduces death or severe respiratory morbidity at 12 month adjusted age (AA) in Ureaplasma-positive intubated preterms.

R. Viscardi (Baltimore, MD, United States of America), M. Terrin (Baltimore, MD, United States of America), L. Magder (Baltimore, MD, United States of America), S. Dulkerian (Baltimore, MD, United States of America), N. Davis (Baltimore, MD, United States of America), K. Waites (Birmingham, AL, United States of America), N. Ambalavanan (Birmingham, AL, United States of America), P. Donohue (Baltimore, MD, United States of America), D. Kaufman (Charlottesville, VA, United States of America), D. Tuttle (Newark,DE, United States of America), J. Weitkamp (Nashville, TN, United States of America)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Prematurity and lung disease
Session: Prematurity and lung disease
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 301
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases, Respiratory critical care

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