Azithromycin reduces bronchial wall thickening in infants with cystic fibrosis

COMBAT-CF showed that children aged 0-3 years treated with azithromycin did clinically better than placebo but there was no effect on CT-scores. We reanalysed CTs using an automatic bronchus-artery (BA) analysis.

Citation:
Chen Y, Charbonnier JP, ……. Sly PD, Stick SM, Tiddens HAWM. Azithromycin reduces bronchial wall thickening in infants with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibrosis. 2024.

Keywords:
Azithromycin; Combat-CF; cystic fibrosis;

Abstract:
COMBAT-CF showed that children aged 0-3 years treated with azithromycin did clinically better than placebo but there was no effect on CT-scores. We reanalysed CTs using an automatic bronchus-artery (BA) analysis.