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Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Human Brucellar Spondylodiscitis
Published on: May 23, 2021
Azithromycin and gentamicin therapy for the treatment of humans with brucellosis
J Solera1, J L Beato, E Martínez-Alfaro
1Unit of Infectious Diseases, Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital General, Albacete, Spain. jsolera@chospab.es
Abstract:
Ten patients with brucellosis were treated with azithromycin and gentamicin to assess the treatment's safety and efficacy. Seven patients had an excellent therapeutic response at the end of therapy; however, relapse was noted in 3. When relapse was considered in combination with an initial lack of efficacy, 5 patients (50%; 95% confidence interval, 18.7%-81.3%) did not respond to therapy; these results do not favor the use of azithromycin to treat brucellosis in humans.
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