Azithromycin associated with higher CV death

In this large Medicaid cohort, those who took azithromycin has almost 3 times the risk of death compared to those not taking an antibiotic, and 2.5 times the risk of death compared to those taking amoxicillin. Not only should this dissuade unnecessary antibiotic use, but should also caution the use of azithromycin in those with high CV risk (abstract)