Blood eosinophil count and GOLD stage predict response to maintenance azithromycin treatment in COPD patients with frequent exacerbations

INTRODUCTION:Maintenance treatment with macrolides are useful in preventing COPD exacerbations. We investigated which characteristics of COPD patients with frequent exacerbations predicted the best response to maintenance treatment with azithromycin. METHODS:This study was part of the COLUMBUS trial...

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Main Authors: Djamin, R, Bafadhel, M, Uzun, S, Russell, R, Ermens, A, Kerstens, R, Aerts, J, Pavord, I, , v
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019