TY  - JOUR
T1  - TReatment of bacterial pneumonia with erythromycin
AU  - WADDINGTON WS, MAPLE FM, KIRBY WM
Y1  - 1954/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1954.00240280076008
JO  - A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 556
EP  - 560
VL  - 93
IS  - 4
N2  - ERYTHROMYCIN, a derivative of Streptomyces erythreus, is effective chiefly against Gram-positive bacteria, and in this respect it resembles penicillin.1 Perhaps the most promising attribute of this antibiotic is its effectiveness against strains of staphylococci which are penicillin-resistant. Pneumococci and streptococci are also highly sensitive to erythromycin, and blood levels which are highly effective against these organisms are readily obtained following oral administration of the drug.2 Side-reactions are rare and consist for the most part of mild gastrointestinal disturbances.The present study was undertaken to evaluate erythromycin in the treatment of adult patients with pneumonia caused by Gram-positive bacteria.METHODS AND MATERIALS 
    Seventy-five adult patients admitted to the infectious disease ward of King County Hospital from July, 1952, to July, 1953, with bacterial pneumonia were treated with erythromycin. The patients were predominantly in the older age groups. Many were suffering from the multiple concomitant diseases which are so common
SN  - 0888-2479
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1954.00240280076008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1954.00240280076008
ER  -