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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
卷 24, 期 6, 页码 550-554出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.07.012
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diffuse panbronchiolitis; human leukocyte antigen; genetic predisposition; macrolide antibiotics
This study compared the clinical characteristics and the effects of long-term macrolide antibiotic therapy of HLA-B54-positive and -negative cases in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB). Thirty-two Japanese patients were enrolled who had the clinical criteria for DPB. All patients received long-term macrolide therapy, and therapeutic results were compared according to the presence or the absence of HLA-1354 antigen. Clinical, laboratory, radiological and bacterial features were strikingly similar in both groups before macrolide therapy. Long-term treatment with macrolides improved clinical symptoms, PaO2, and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) equally in both groups. This study indicates that genetic susceptibility may not explain the pathogenesis of DPB, and that low-dose macrolide therapy can achieve clinical improvement irrespective of genetic predisposition in DPB. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. and the International Society of Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
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