[Clinical basis of macrolides apply in diseases of the respiratory tract].
Macrolides are applied to control bacterial infection of the respiratory tract. Because of their possibility to penetrate into bacterial cell, they are used in inflammatory diseases caused mainly by atypical bacteria. Many macrolide gidelines have been accepted for antibiotic therapy. In the paper recommendations for macrolide treatment have been based on Polish results of bacterial resistance in pneumonia, asthma and COPD exacerbations, sinusitis and otitis.
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Wojskowy Instytut Medyczny w Warszawie, Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych, Pneumonologii i Alergologii CSK MON. tplusa@wim.mil.pl
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001295:Atypical Bacterial Forms / Q000187:drug effects; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D018942:Macrolides