Effect of Maintenance Azithromycin on Established Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Lung Transplant Patients

BACKGROUND: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), the main cause of late mortality following lung transplantation, is defined as an irreversible decline in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1).Previous studies using azithromycin for BOS in lung transplant patients have demonstrated a potential...

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Main Authors: Nancy R Porhownik, Wael Batobara, Wayne Kepron, Helmut W Unruh, Zoheir Bshouty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/158681
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