Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae in asthma: Effect of clarithromycin

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1782-1788

  Kraft, Monica ^a   Cassell, Gail H ^b   Pak, Juno ^a   Martin, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Asthma; Bronchoscopy; Chlamydia; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; PLACEBO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036279989     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.6.1782     Document Type: Article

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