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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
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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
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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
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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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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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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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The Annals of Family Medicine Mar 2014, 12 (2) 121-127; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1601
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