Long-Term Azithromycin Reduces Haemophilus influenzae and Increases Antibiotic Resistance in Severe Asthma

Long-Term Azithromycin Reduces Haemophilus influenzae and Increases Antibiotic Resistance in Severe Asthma

Copyright © 2019 by the American Thoracic Society Rationale: The macrolide antibiotic azithromycin reduces exacerbations in adults with persistent symptomatic asthma. However, owing to the pleotropic properties of macrolides, unintended bacteriological consequences such as augmented pathogen col...

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Main Authors: Taylor, S.L., Leong, L.E.X., Mobegi, Fredrick, Choo, J.M., Wesselingh, S., Yang, I.A., Upham, J.W., Reynolds, P.N., Hodge, S., James, A.L., Jenkins, C., Peters, M.J., Baraket, M., Marks, G.B., Gibson, P.G., Rogers, G.B., Simpson, J.L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: AMER THORACIC SOC 2019
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Critical Care Medicine
Respiratory System
General & Internal Medicine
asthma
macrolides
Haemophilus influenzae
antibiotic resistance
CYSTIC-FIBROSIS BRONCHIECTASIS
MACROPHAGE PHAGOCYTIC FUNCTION
DOUBLE-BLIND
MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTICS
UNCONTROLLED ASTHMA
EXACERBATIONS
THERAPY
SUSCEPTIBILITY
MULTICENTER
PREVENTION
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/569246
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80727

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http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/569246
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80727

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