Figure 7From: Successful treatment in a case of Propionibacterium acnes-associated sarcoidosis with clarithromycin administration: a case report Clinical course during admission. After the initiation of clarithromycin treatment, the fever subsided within 1 week. The elevated levels of C-reactive protein returned to normal within 2 weeks and elevated soluble-interleukin-2 receptor levels were remarkably depressed within 3 weeks. Abbreviations: CAM, clarithromycin; CRP, C-reactive protein; s-IL2R, soluble-interleukin-2 receptor.Back to article page