Orofacial granulomatosis: an unsuccessful response to weekly azithromycin pulse therapy

Atkin, Philip A. and Simms, Melanie L. 2018. Orofacial granulomatosis: an unsuccessful response to weekly azithromycin pulse therapy. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology 125 (4) , e83-e85. 10.1016/j.oooo.2018.01.002

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Abstract

Treatment of orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is difficult and unpredictable, and currently there is not a treatment with guaranteed success. Macrolides have been suggested to give dramatic improvements in idiopathic OFG; however, this was not our experience. Following on from remarkable findings with weekly azithromycin pulse therapy reported in JAMA Dermatology, 2015, we treated 5 male patients with idiopathic OFG with the same regimen. Case 1 had a slight improvement but stopped treatment after 5 weeks due to gastrointestinal upset. Cases 2 and 3 had an initial improvement; however, symptoms returned once treatment had ceased. Case 3 received a second course of azithromycin with no improvement. Cases 4 and 5 did not have any improvement at all. We concluded that weekly azithromycin pulse therapy was not a successful treatment for idiopathic OFG. It may provide some short-term improvement in symptoms but does not dramatically resolve symptoms.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1079-2104
Date of Acceptance:	2 January 2018
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2018 20:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/110467

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