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- Title
Successful treatment with clarithromycin for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Authors
Masashi Ohe; Toshiyuki Bohgaki
- Abstract
Macrolide antibiotics provide not only anti-bacterial activity but also anti-inflammatory effects. We report herein a case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) successfully treated using clarithromycin (CAM), a macrolide, in expectation of its antiinflammatory effects. A 77-year-old woman suffering from RA, presented with exacerbation of arthralgia and articular swellings. Because she was suffering from non-tuberculous mycobacterium and could not receive biological agents, CAM was successfully added to prednisolone and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug which had been administered before exacerbation. The present case suggests that CAM treatment may be effective for RA.
- Subjects
RHEUMATOID arthritis treatment; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE antibiotics; ANTI-inflammatory agents; OLDER patients; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Eastern Journal of Medicine, 2016, Vol 21, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
1301-0883
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.5505/ejm.2016.81231