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Original Article The Clinical Study of Clarithromycin for the Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Ki Beom Kim, Chang Jin Shin, Hak Jun Lee, Jin Hong Chung, Kwan Ho Lee, Hyun Woo Lee
Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science 1997;14(1):94-100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1997.14.1.94
Published online: June 30, 1997
Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine, Yeungnam University Taegu, Korea.
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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of clarithromycin in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, we administered clarithromycin(250mg) twice in a day in 30 patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from September to November in 1996. Twenty eight eases of 30 patients were cured(93.4%) and 2 cases(6.7%) show clinical improvement. Three cases were improved within 3 days of treatment and 24 cases were improved between 5 days and 12 days of treatment. There were no significant side effects. These results suggest that clarithromycin will be effective as a first line therapy in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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