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Long-Term Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Frequent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Macrolides are effective in reducing the number of exacerbations in COPD patients with the frequent exacerbator phenotype. Our study did not show a persistent effect of azithromycin on exacerbation frequencies after more than one year of usage.

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Autores principales: Talman, Sander, Uzun, Sevim, Djamin, Remco S, Baart, Sara J, Grootenboers, Marco J J H, Aerts, Joachim, van der Eerden, Menno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7935328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33688175
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S284397
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author Talman, Sander
Uzun, Sevim
Djamin, Remco S
Baart, Sara J
Grootenboers, Marco J J H
Aerts, Joachim
van der Eerden, Menno
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Uzun, Sevim
Djamin, Remco S
Baart, Sara J
Grootenboers, Marco J J H
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spelling pubmed-79353282021-03-08 Long-Term Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Frequent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Talman, Sander Uzun, Sevim Djamin, Remco S Baart, Sara J Grootenboers, Marco J J H Aerts, Joachim van der Eerden, Menno Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis Short Report Macrolides are effective in reducing the number of exacerbations in COPD patients with the frequent exacerbator phenotype. Our study did not show a persistent effect of azithromycin on exacerbation frequencies after more than one year of usage. Dove 2021-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7935328/ /pubmed/33688175 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S284397 Text en © 2021 Talman et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Talman, Sander
Uzun, Sevim
Djamin, Remco S
Baart, Sara J
Grootenboers, Marco J J H
Aerts, Joachim
van der Eerden, Menno
Long-Term Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Frequent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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title_fullStr Long-Term Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Frequent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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title_short Long-Term Azithromycin Maintenance Treatment in Patients with Frequent Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
title_sort long-term azithromycin maintenance treatment in patients with frequent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
topic Short Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7935328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33688175
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S284397
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