Efficacy of azithromycin in the treatment of acute bronchitis / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the efficacy of azithromycin in the treatment of acute bronchitis. Methods The 300 patients with acute bronchitis treated by our hospital from August 2016 to February 2017 were randomly divided into the control group and the experimental group, each with 150 patients. The control group was treated with penicillin and azithromycin was treated by the experimental group. Comparative analysis was made on the clinical indicators of the experimental group and the control group. Results After the corresponding treatment, the improvement time of cough sputum in the experimental group was (4.19 ± 0.54), and the improvement time was (4.32 ± 0.65). The improvement time of cough sputum in the control group was (6.29 ± 0.87), and the improvement of pharyngeal pain was (5.32 ± 0.76) days. However, the improvement time of cough expectorus and pharyngeal pain in the experimental group was significantly shorter than the control group, the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). Of the patients in the experimental group, 6 patients were not effective, 14 patients improved, 70 patients showed positive results and 60 patients recovered. In the control group, the total number of cases was 110, 15 were invalid, 25 were improved, 60 were developed and 50 were cured. However, the efficiency of the experimental group was 86.67 %, significantly higher than that in the control group (73.33 %), the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). The clinical recovery time of the patients in the experimental group was (5.65±1.19), which was significantly shorter than that of the control group (6.89±1.46), the differences were statistically significant (P＜0.05). Conclusion The clinical efficacy of azithromycin in the treatment of acute bronchitis is better, which can significantly improve the treatment efficiency, relieve the patient’s related symptoms, and have the significance of clinical promotion.