SEVEN PATIENTS WITH CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA SUCCESFULLY TREATED WITH CLARITHROMYCIN

ÇİFTCİ F., ÖZDEMİR KUMBASAR Ö.

SARCOIDOSIS VASCULITIS AND DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES, vol.35, no.2, pp.165-170, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Journal Name: SARCOIDOSIS VASCULITIS AND DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.165-170
  • Keywords: cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, COP, COP treatment, macrolide, clarithromycin, IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS, MACROLIDES
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia is a type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia with a subacute presentation characterized by variable degrees of cough and dyspnea. As a consequence of the upregulation of inflammatory mediators in cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, it typically responds to anti-inflammatory therapy. Although the majority of patients recover completely with long term oral corticosteroids, relapse is common and their long term use is associated with many adverse effects. Macrolides antiinflammatory agents that appear effective and safe for the treatment of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Herein, we analyzed the clinical properties of seven cryptogenic organizing pneumonia patients without severe functional loss who were treated with clarithromycin.