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Which patients with respiratory disease need long-term azithromycin?

Abdulrazak Alchakaki, MD, Cassondra Cramer, Allie Patterson and Ayman O. Soubani
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2017, 84 (10) 755-758; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16123

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    Indications for azithromycin in respiratory conditions

    Antibacterial indications
    Pharyngitis, tonsillitis (with penicillin allergy)
    Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis
    Community-acquired pneumonia
    Prevention of Mycobacterium avium complex (and part of treatment regimen)
    Immunomodulatory indications
    Cystic fibrosis
    Diffuse panbronchiolitis
    Posttransplant bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
    Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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