Macrolide Treatment and Personalized Medicine in Japan
Received Date: Apr 29, 2019 / Accepted Date: May 13, 2019 / Published Date: May 20, 2019
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Macrolide; Japan, Influenza; Streptococcus pneumonia; Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Citation: Seki M (2019) Macrolide Treatment and Personalized Medicine in Japan. J Infect Dis Ther 7: 403. Doi: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000403
Copyright: © 2019 Seki M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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