Management of Cyclosporine-Influenced Gingival Enlargement With Azithromycin

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INTRODUCTION: Management of drug-influenced gingival enlargement is challenging, and surgery is most often indicated. However, because of a unique mechanism of action, azithromycin helps in the management of gingival enlargement caused by cyclosporine. An incidental observation of the effect of azithromycin in the cyclosporine-influenced gingival enlargement by physicians in 1995 led to series of basic investigations and clinical trials confirming this observation and providing a non-surgical treatment modality.

CASE PRESENTATION: In this report, successful management of cyclosporine-influenced gingival enlargement in a 39-year-old renal transplant patient with the use of azithromycin without any surgical intervention is presented.

CONCLUSION: Use of azithromycin for managing cyclosporine-influenced gingival enlargement is a useful alternative or adjunct to surgical management. It is hoped that this report will raise further awareness of this non-surgical modality in patients taking cyclosporine.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Clinical advances in periodontics - 10(2020), 3 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 140-144

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumar, Satish S [VerfasserIn]
Mohammad, Husain [VerfasserIn]
Kar, Kian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

83905-01-5
83HN0GTJ6D
Azithromycin
Case Reports
Cyclosporine
Drug therapy
Gingival enlargement
Immunosuppressive Agents
Kidney transplantation

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.04.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cap.10097

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NLM306682966