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At the time of writing, no randomized, controlled trials of anti-chlamydial antibiotics directed against asthma have been published. Such trials are underway, or are being planned, based upon (1) reported seroepidemiologic associations linking chlamydial infection to asthma (see the chapter,“Chlamydia pneumoniae: A New Possible Cause of Asthma”) and (2) published case reports [1, 2] and case series [3–5] indicating favorable results of open-label antibiotic administration to patients with asthma who also had culture-confirmed infection, seroreactivity, or both.
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Hahn, D.L. (1999). Open-Label Before-After Trials of Anti-Chlamydia pneumoniae Antibiotics in Asthma. In: Allegra, L., Blasi, F. (eds) Chlamydia pneumoniae. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2280-5_22
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