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. 1972 Dec;2(6):499–501. doi: 10.1128/aac.2.6.499

7-Chlorolincomycin Therapy of Pulmonary Infections Due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Judith Axelrod 1, Burt R Meyers 1, Shalom Z Hirschman 1
PMCID: PMC444345  PMID: 4596744

Abstract

Nine ill patients with serologically proved pulmonary infection due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae were treated with 7-chlorolincomycin. The symptomatic responses with 900 to 1,200-mg doses were dramatic.

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