The effect of erythromycin on mucociliary transportability and rheology of cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis sputum

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 615-619

  Shibuya, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Wills, Peter J ^a   Cole, Peter J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliary beat frequency; Erythromycin; Mucociliary clearance; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CILIARY MOTILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TRACHEA; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; RHEOLOGY; SPUTUM; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035688845     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050582     Document Type: Article

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