Treatment of preschool children presenting to the emergency department with wheeze with azithromycin: A placebo-controlled randomized trial.

Antibiotics are frequently used to treat wheezing children. Macrolides may be effective in treating bronchiolitis and asthma.We completed a prospective, double-blinded, randomized placebo-control trial of azithromycin among pre-school children (12 to 60 months of age) presenting to the emergency dep...

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Main Authors: Piush J Mandhane, Patricia Paredes Zambrano de Silbernagel, Yin Nwe Aung, Janie Williamson, Bonita E Lee, Sheldon Spier, Mary Noseworthy, William R Craig, David W Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5542589?pdf=render