asthma

So-called atypical respiratory pathogens in general and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in particular, are now well recognized as a common cause of acute upper and lower respiratory-tract infections, especially communityacquired pneumonia. Furthermore C. …

The present open-label, randomized, comparative study of efficacy of 8-week Azithromycin therapy in mildto-moderate stable asthma included 71 patients. After evaluation for C. pneumoniae infection by serologic tests, patients where randomized into 4 …