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Prophylactic Azithromycin Beneficial in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

December 14, 2018 Share this content: The number of hospital admissions and antibiotics prescribed dropped in participants who took prophylactic azithromycin. Prophylactic azithromycin may reduce hospital stays and the need for rescue antibiotics in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), according to a retrospective study published in the European Respiratory Journal. Researchers analyzed the use of… Read More »