Azithromycin

Children with bronchiectasis taking azithromycin had the greatest benefits from weeks 17 to 62 out of 105 weeks of treatment, according to study results published in CHEST.

A combination therapy of IV doxycycline and azithromycin was more effective for the treatment of severe scrub typhus than using either drug alone, according to findings published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Azithromycin administered to women in labor during planned vaginal delivery reduced their risks for sepsis and death, but not their newborns’ risks for sepsis and death, according to findings presented at The Pregnancy Meeting.

Researchers said it remains unclear whether low procalcitonin levels can be used to safely withhold antibiotics in patients with lower respiratory tract infection.

Recent azithromycin use was associated with an increased risk for azithromycin-resistant gonorrhea, according to a study.

With $31 million in funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, researchers will investigate the effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids and azithromycin, used either alone or together, in treating asthma.

Treatment with azithromycin from the time of diagnosis of cystic fibrosis in infancy did not reduce the extent of structural lung disease at age 36 months, but did reduce airway inflammation and morbidity, according to the COMBAT CF trial.

SALT LAKE CITY — Early azithromycin use did not affect hematologic relapse among pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, according to study results.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in March.

The addition of oral azithromycin to standard treatment improved asthma control and reduced exacerbations compared with standard treatment alone among children with poorly controlled asthma, according to data published in Chest.