Comparison of hospitalization rates in patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated with 10 days of telithromycin or clarithromycin

Abstract

This study demonstrates that telithromycin is an effective therapy for outpatients with CAP. There were no significant differences in hospitalization rates between treatments; however, a tendency towards a numerically in hospital among telithromycin patients was observed. This could potentially translate into reduced hospitalization costs for telithromycin vs clarithromycin in the treatment of CAP.