Zeitschrift für Infektionskrankheiten und Therapie

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Macrolide Treatment and Personalized Medicine in Japan

Masafumi Seki

Macrolides are known as antibiotics, but also have various actions, including immunomodulatory effects. Recently, they were suggested that effectiveness for acute infectious diseases, such as influenza and pneumococcal pneumonia by inhibited of cytokines and toxins in addition to chronic infectious diseases like mycobacterium and pseudomonas infection.

They show few allergic reactions and can contribute to more effective relief of symptoms and inhibition of the development of resistance to other antibacterial agents in Japan.