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Antibiotics as anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory agents
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Basic research -- Indirect antimicrobial effects -- Effects of antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factors and quorum-sensing system -- Antibiotics, inflammation and its resolution : an overview -- The cytoprotective interactions of antibiotics with human ciliated airway epithelium -- Chemotaxis -- Cytokines -- Antibacterial agents and the oxidative burst -- Immune system -- Mucoregulatory effects -- Macrolides and mucus production -- Ion channel regulation -- Clinical results -- The use of macrolides for treatment of diffuse panbronchiolitis -- Macrolides in cystic fibrosis -- Macrolides and upper airway/sinus disease -- Benefits of macrolides in the treatment of asthma -- Roles of antibiotics in treatment of lung injury -- Antibiotics and cancer, arthritis and IBD -- Anti-inflammatory properties of antibiotics other than macrolides
Includes bibliographical references and index.