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Which antibiotics help treat legionnaires disease?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Legionnaires' diseas: "The two most potent classes of antibiotic are the macrolides (azithromycin), and the quinolones (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, gemifloxacin, trovofloxacin)." REF: https://legionella.org/about-the-disease/what-is-legionnaires-disease/treatment/

Answered 5/25/2020

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