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  • 65 Years
  • 01/04/2021

Question

What is the best antibiotic to treat pneumonia?

Doctor 1

Answered by 1 Apollo Doctors

First-line antibiotics that might be selected include the macrolide antibiotics azithromycin (Zithromax) or clarithromycin (Biaxin XL); or the tetracycline known as doxycycline.

Dr. Ranjith Suggests...

Consult a Pulmonology Respiratory Medicine Specialist

Answered 18 days ago

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