Does systemic clarithromycin therapy have an inhibitory effect on tympanosclerosis? An experimental animal study

Genc G., Koyuncu M., Kutlar G., Güvenç T., Gacar A., Aksoy A., ...More

JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, vol.129, no.2, pp.136-141, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 129 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s0022215114003430
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.136-141
  • Keywords: Tympanosclerosis, Clarithromycin, Middle Ear, Otitis Media, PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANES, ACUTE OTITIS-MEDIA, INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS, TUBE INSERTION, MYRINGOSCLEROSIS, PERSISTENT, DIMINISH, EFFUSION, SEQUELAE, INJURY
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To demonstrate the inhibitory effects of clarithromycin on in vitro tympanosclerosis.