From: rind@enterprise.bih.harvard.edu (David Rind)
Subject: Re: erythromycin
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In article <47974@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> wsun@jeeves.ucsd.edu (Fiberman) writes:
>Is erythromycin effective in treating pneumonia?

It depends on the cause of the pneumonia.  For treating bacterial
pneumonia in young otherwise-healthy non-smokers, erythromycin
is usually considered the antibiotic of choice, since it covers
the two most-common pathogens: strep pneumoniae and mycoplasma
pneumoniae.
-- 
David Rind
rind@enterprise.bih.harvard.edu
