Beneficial Effect of Adjunctive Azithromycin in Treatment of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia in the Murine Model

While a time-kill methodology noted no appreciable improvement in bactericidal activity with the addition of azithromycin (AZM) to a ceftazidime (CAZ) regimen, data from the murine pneumonia model showed that the addition of AZM significantly improved survival compared to treatment with CAZ alone. These data suggest that AZM might be a useful adjunctive therapy in the management of pneumonia resulting from mucoid isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.