The impact of azithromycin therapy on the airway microbiota in asthma

There is interest in the use of macrolide antibiotics in asthma. Macrolides have been shown to improve airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and measures of airway inflammation.The degree of AHR may relate to the microbiota present in the airways, with a recent study reporting that patients with asthma w...

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Main Authors: Slater, Mariel, Rivett, Damian W., Williams, Lisa, Martin, Matthew, Harrison, Timothy W., Sayers, Ian, Bruce, Kenneth D., Shaw, Dominick E.
Format: Article
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32641/