Azithromycin is associated with increased survival in lung transplant recipients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome.

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Published in J Heart Lung Transplant on February 04, 2010

Authors

Raksha Jain1, Ramsey R Hachem, Matthew R Morrell, Elbert P Trulock, Murali M Chakinala, Roger D Yusen, Howard J Huang, Thalachallour Mohanakumar, G Alexander Patterson, Michael J Walter

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. rjain@dom.wustl.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Safety Study of Aztreonam Lysine for Inhalation (AZLI) in the Treatment of Early Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS) (AZLI) | NCT01469364

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