作者
Jakob Stokholm, Bo L Chawes, Nadja H Vissing, Elín Bjarnadóttir, Tine M Pedersen, Rebecca K Vinding, Ann-Marie M Schoos, Helene M Wolsk, Sunna Thorsteinsdóttir, Henrik W Hallas, Lambang Arianto, Susanne Schjørring, Karen A Krogfelt, Thea K Fischer, Christian B Pipper, Klaus Bønnelykke, Hans Bisgaard
发表日期
2016/1/1
期刊
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
卷号
4
期号
1
页码范围
19-26
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Bacteria and viruses are equally associated with the risk of acute episodes of asthma-like symptoms in young children, suggesting antibiotics as a potential treatment for such episodes. We aimed to assess the effect of azithromycin on the duration of respiratory episodes in young children with recurrent asthma-like symptoms, hypothesising that it reduces the duration of the symptomatic period.
Methods
In this randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we recruited children aged 1–3 years, who were diagnosed with recurrent asthma-like symptoms from the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood 2010 cohort; a birth cohort consisting of the general Danish population of Zealand, including Copenhagen. Exclusion criteria were macrolide allergy, heart, liver, neurological, and kidney disease, and, before each treatment, one or more clinical signs of pneumonia (respiratory …
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