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Antibiotic therapy with a macrolide, aimed at eradicating C pneumoniae, was ineffective at reducing recurrence of a coronary event or decreasing mortality in patients who had experienced either a myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. The door is closing on this intriguing hypothesis. (LOE=1a)

 
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Etminan M, Carleton B, Delaney JAC, Padwal R. Macrolide therapy for Chlamydia pneumoniae in the secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pharmacotherapy 2004; 24:338–343.

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Etminan M, Carleton B, Delaney JAC, Padwal R. Macrolide therapy for Chlamydia pneumoniae in the secondary prevention of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pharmacotherapy 2004; 24:338–343.

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Antibiotic therapy with a macrolide, aimed at eradicating C pneumoniae, was ineffective at reducing recurrence of a coronary event or decreasing mortality in patients who had experienced either a myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. The door is closing on this intriguing hypothesis. (LOE=1a)

 
BOTTOM LINE

Antibiotic therapy with a macrolide, aimed at eradicating C pneumoniae, was ineffective at reducing recurrence of a coronary event or decreasing mortality in patients who had experienced either a myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome. The door is closing on this intriguing hypothesis. (LOE=1a)

 
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