Hi All,

I ran across the following study on Azithromycin:

http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/24a6da.htm

It is also in the Rosacea news blog:

http://rosacea.ii.net/news/2005/11/azithromycin-and-rosacea.html

I was interested in the doctor's surprise that Azithromycin worked
(from the first link) so I did a little more searching and found the
following interesting study linking Chlamydia Pneumoniae with Rosacea
in another Italian study from 2002:

"Chlamydia pneumoniae and Acne Rosacea

Oral azithromycin has been used successfully to treat rosacea, a
chronic skin disease that requires long-term therapy. A study was
undertaken to determine if C. pneumoniae could play a causative role
in acne rosacea. A series of 10 adults presenting with acne rosacea
were selected to receive azithromycin alone for the treatment of acne
rosacea. C. pneumoniae was detected in cheek biopsy specimens in 4 of
10 patients by immunoperoxidase stain (using monoclonal antibody to C.
pneumoniae) and serum antibody against C. pneumoniae was detected in 8
of 10 patients. Fernandez-Obregon and Patton showed that all patients
treated with azithromycin (250 mg three times a week) showed moderate
to marked improvement of their rosacea without any undesirable side
effect. These preliminary data imply a possible link between C.
pneumoniae and acne rosacea as well as suggest a need for further
investigation with clinical trials (22)."

It was in the following document:
http://hopkins-abxguide.org/show_pages.cfm?content=F28_022502_content.html

Of course azithromycin also seems to eradicate H. Pylori.

Still, very interesting...

Dan