Efficacy of long-term macrolide antibiotic therapy in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis: Comparison between HLA-B54-positive and -negative cases

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 550-554

  Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a   Mukae, Hiroshi ^b   Tomono, Kazunori ^b   Kohno, Shigeru ^b   Nasu, Masaru ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Genetic predisposition; Human leukocyte antigen; Macrolide antibiotics

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 8844274916     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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