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著者: Jun-ichi Kadota, Hiroshi Mukae, Syunji Mizunoe, Kenji Kishi, Issei Tokimatsu, Hiroyuki Nagai, Kazunori Tomono, Shigeru Kohno, Masaru Nasu
雑誌名: Intern Med. 2005 Mar;44(3):200-6.
Abstract/Text
OBJECTIVE: In the current studies, we investigated the clinical effects of long-term macrolide antibiotic therapy for patients with chronic small airway disease (CAD) that clinically and radiologically mimics but is pathologically distinct from diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB).
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Twenty-one Japanese patients were selected on the basis of clinical criteria for DPB and were categorized as DPB or CAD following histological evaluation of surgical lung biopsies. All patients received long-term macrolide therapy, and therapeutic results were compared for the DPB and CAD groups.
RESULTS: Clinical, laboratory, radiological, and bacterial features, as well as neutrophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were strikingly similar in both groups. Long-term treatment with macrolides improved the clinical symptoms and PaO(2) in both groups. There was a significant improvement in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)), vital capacity (VC), and %VC in patients with DPB but not in patients with CAD. Neutrophilia in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was also reduced following therapy in DPB patients but was refractory in CAD patients.
CONCLUSION: Based on the different responses to macrolides, CAD might be associated with conditions distinct from those of DPB. Nevertheless, low-dose macrolide therapy may be applied in CAD to achieve clinical improvement, such as in respiratory symptoms and PaO(2).
PMID 15805707 Intern Med. 2005 Mar;44(3):200-6.
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