Azithromycin versus standard care in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 (ATOMIC2): an open-label, randomised trial

@article{Hinks2021AzithromycinVS,
  title={Azithromycin versus standard care in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 (ATOMIC2): an open-label, randomised trial},
  author={Timothy S. C. Hinks and Lucy Cureton and Ruth Knight and Ariel Wang and Jennifer L. Cane and Vicki S Barber and Joanna Black and Susan J Dutton and James Melhorn and Maisha F. Jabeen and Phil Moss and Rajendar Garlapati and Tanya Baron and Graham Johnson and Fleur Cantle and David Clarke and Samer Elkhodair and Jonathan Underwood and Daniel S Lasserson and Ian D. Pavord and Sophie B. Morgan and Duncan B. Richards},
  journal={The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine},
  year={2021},
  volume={9},
  pages={1130 - 1140}
}
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