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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, MPH
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  • For correspondence: gowtham.rao@va.gov
Joshua 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, MPH
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Azza 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, MPH
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Charles 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
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Georges Nahhas
3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
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S. Scott Sutton
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
4South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
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Sony Jacob
2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
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Scott M. Strayer
1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
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vol. 12 no. 2 121-127
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1601
PubMed 
24615307

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication May 16, 2013
  • Revision received August 30, 2013
  • Accepted for publication September 12, 2013
  • Published online March 10, 2014.

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  1. Gowtham A. Rao, MD, PhD, MPH1,2,3,4⇑,
  2. Joshua R. Mann, MD, MPH1,3,
  3. Azza Shoaibi, BPharm, MPH1,2,3,4,
  4. Charles Lee Bennett, MD, PhD, MPP2,3,4,
  5. Georges Nahhas, MPH3,
  6. S. Scott Sutton, PharmD2,4,
  7. Sony Jacob, MD2 and
  8. Scott M. Strayer, MD, MPH1
  1. 1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
  2. 2William J.B. Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
  3. 3School of Public Health, Columbia, University of South Carolina, South Carolina
  4. 4South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Gowtham A. Rao, MD, PhD, MPH, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, 3209 Colonial Dr, Columbia, SC 29203, gowtham.rao{at}va.gov

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