Pathogen- and Host-Directed Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Macrolide Antibiotics

Table 4

Conditions for which macrolide use may be beneficial, primarily as a result of their anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory activity.

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(i) Diffuse panbronchiolitis

(ii) Cystic fibrosis (CF)

(iii) Non-CF bronchiectasis

(iv) Bronchiolitis obliterans

(v) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(vi) Asthma

(vii) Pneumonia

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