A trial of clarithromycin for the treatment of suboptimally controlled asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 747-753

  Sutherland, E Rand ^a   King, Tonya S ^b   Icitovic, Nikolina ^b   Ameredes, Bill T ^c   Bleecker, Eugene ^d   Boushey, Homer A ^e   Calhoun, William J ^c   Castro, Mario ^f   Cherniack, Reuben M ^a   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^b   Craig, Timothy J ^b   Denlinger, Loren ^g   Dimango, Emily A ^h   Fahy, John V ^e   Israel, Elliot ⁱ   Jarjour, Nizar ^g   Kraft, Monica ^j   Lazarus, Stephen C ^e   Lemanske Jr , Robert F ^g   Peters, Stephen P ^d   Ramsdell, Joe ^k   Sorkness, Christine A ^g   Szefler, Stanley J ^a   Walter, Michael J ^f   Wasserman, Stephen I ^k   Wechsler, Michael E ⁱ   Chu, Hong Wei ^a   Martin, Richard J ^a   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

antibiotic; Asthma; infection

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; METHACHOLINE; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957795745     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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