Long-term, low-dose erythromycin in bronchiectasis subjects with frequent infective exacerbations
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A pilot study of low-dose erythromycin in bronchiectasis.
Patients with bronchiectasis suffer from sputum production, recurrent exacerbations, and progressive airway destruction. Erythromycin is effective in diffuse panbronchiolitis, another suppurative airway disorder, although its efficacy is unknown in idiopathic bronchiectasis. A double-blind placebo-controlled study was therefore conducted to evaluate the effects of 8-week administration of low d...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Respiratory Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0954-6111
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.01.009