Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2001) 47, 631-637
© 2001 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Therapeutic possibilities of long-term roxithromycin treatment for chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible
a Department of Dentistry, Hyogo Prefectural Staff Health Center 5-10-1, Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-8567; b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
The clinical efficacy of long-term roxithromycin treatment was examined objectively in nine patients with chronic diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible. Roxithromycin was administered orally at a dose of 300 mg/day for between 68 days and 66 months. In seven of the nine cases (77.8%), the symptoms disappeared 1–12 months after the start of therapy. Radiography showed that osteolytic changes (evident from ‘moth-eaten’ appearance of bone) had improved but that osteosclerosis had persisted or become more predominant by the end of therapy. Therefore, the optimum duration of treatment should be decided according to the amelioration of symptoms along with the disappearance of osteolytic findings in radiographs. Diarrhoea and stomach discomfort occurred in one case, and liver dysfunction in another, but these adverse reactions were relatively mild. The mechanism of action of roxithromycin in this study is not yet fully understood, but our results indicate that long-term roxithromycin treatment may be useful for diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible and should be attempted before surgical treatment is considered.
* Corresponding author. Tel: +81-78-362-382; Fax: +81-78-362-4470; E-mail: takashi3{at}basil.ocn.ne.jp
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