Effectiveness of clarithromycin in patients with yellow nail syndrome

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 1 Characteristics of patients at treatment initiation

	Age (years)	Sex	Comorbidities	Primary signs	Triad	Nail Manifestation	Medication
Patient 1	80	Female	SBS	Fever, cough	Bronchiectasis, yellow nails, leg edema	Yellow-green Thickening Onycholysis	Antifungal drug
Patient 2	67	Male	SBS, RA	Dyspnea, cough	Pleural effusion, yellow nails	Yellow Thickening	Bucillamine, predonisolone, SASP, FK-506
Patient 3	58	Female	Duodenal ulcer	Dyspnea, cough	Bronchiectasis, yellow nails, periorbital edema	Whitish-yellow Thickening	Antifungal drug
Patient 4	70	Male	SBS	Fever, cough	Bronchiectasis, yellow nails	Yellow Thickening	None
Patient 5	80	Female	SBS, RA	Dyspnea, leg swelling	Pleural effusion, yellow nails, leg edema	Yellow Thickening	Bucillamine

RA rheumatoid arthritis, SASP salazosulfapyridine, SBS sinobronchial syndrome

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