March 15th, 2013
Azithro a No Go?
Richard Joseph Kovacs, MD
When I am faced with a patient who needs an antibiotic, and there is an alternative antibiotic with similar efficacy and lower QT risk, I will choose the antibiotic with lower QT risk, and I’m especially careful with patients with certain characteristics that put them at increased risk.
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