Research ArticleOriginal Research
Azithromycin and Levofloxacin Use and Increased Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia and Death
Gowtham A. Rao, Joshua R. Mann, Azza Shoaibi, Charles Lee Bennett, Georges Nahhas, S. Scott Sutton, Sony Jacob and Scott M. Strayer
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2014, 12 (2) 121-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1601
Gowtham A. Rao
1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
4South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
MD, PhD, MPHJoshua R. Mann
1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
MD, MPHAzza Shoaibi
1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
4South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
BPharm, MPHCharles Lee Bennett
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
4South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
MD, PhD, MPPGeorges Nahhas
3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
MPHS. Scott Sutton
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
4South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
PharmDSony Jacob
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
MDScott M. Strayer
1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
MD, MPHFigure 2
Figure 2
Cumulative incidence of all-cause death among patients by antibiotic type over 10 days (IPTW).
HR = hazard ratio; IPTW = inverse probability treatment weights.
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The Annals of Family Medicine: 23 (2)
Vol. 23, Issue 2
Mar/April 2025
Azithromycin and Levofloxacin Use and Increased Risk of Cardiac Arrhythmia and Death
Gowtham A. Rao, Joshua R. Mann, Azza Shoaibi, Charles Lee Bennett, Georges Nahhas, S. Scott Sutton, Sony Jacob, Scott M. Strayer
The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2014, 12 (2) 121-127; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1601
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