Evidence of improved small airways function after azithromycin treatment in diffuse panbronchiolitis

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-79

  Hanon, Shane ^a   Verbanck, Sylvia ^a   Schuermans, Daniel ^a   Vanden Berghe, Bram ^a   Vanderhelst, Eef ^a   Vincken, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acinar airways; Conductive airways; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Macrolides; Multiple breath washout; Small airways function

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ACINAR CELL; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATATION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFUSE PANBRONCHIOLITIS; DYSPNEA; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863522513     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339404     Document Type: Article

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