Trial of roxithromycin in subjects with asthma and serological evidence of infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 536-541

  Black, Peter N ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^b   Jenkins, Christine R ^b   Scicchitano, Raffaele ^b   Mills, Graham D ^b   Rubinfeld, Abraham R ^b   Ruffin, Richard E ^b   Mullins, Peter R ^b   Dangain, Josette ^b   Cooper, Bruce C ^b   Denise David, B E M ^b   Allegra, Luigi ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Randomized, controlled trial; Roxithromycin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEW ZEALAND; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0035881144     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.4.2011040     Document Type: Article

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