ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2015
Role of Atypical Pathogens and the Antibiotic Prescription Pattern in Acute Bronchitis: A Multicenter Study in Korea.
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- A systematic review of the burden of pertussis in South Korea.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Pooled it
- HL301 in the treatment of acute bronchitis: a phase 2b, randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled, multicenter study.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2020Trial
- Bacterial Etiology in Subacute Cough.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2023Article
- The use of multiplex PCR for the detection of atypical pathogens in Egyptian children with CAP: a high rate ofThe Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2019Article
- Nasopharyngeal isolates and their clinical impact on young children with asthma: a pilot study.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2018Article
- Changes of Treg and Th17 cells as well as cytokines in children with acute bronchitis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017Article
- Microorganisms Causing Community-Acquired Acute Bronchitis: The Role of Bacterial Infection.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
The role of atypical bacteria and the effect of antibiotic treatments in acute bronchitis are still not clear. This study was conducted at 22 hospitals (17 primary care clinics and 5 university hospitals) in Korea. Outpatients (aged ≥ 18 yr) who had an acute illness with a new cough and sputum (≤ 30 days) were enrolled in 2013. Multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect five atypical bacteria. A total of 435 patients were diagnosed as having acute bronchitis (vs. probable pneumonia, n = 75), and 1.8% (n = 8) were positive for atypical pathogens (Bordetella pertussis, n = 3; B. parapertussis, n = 0; Mycoplasma pneumoniae, n = 1; Chlamydophila pneumoniae, n = 3; Legionella pneumophila, n = 1). Among clinical symptoms and signs, only post-tussive vomiting was more frequent in patients with atypical pathogens than those without (P = 0.024). In all, 72.2% of the enrolled patients received antibiotic treatment at their first visits, and β-lactams (29.4%) and quinolones (20.5%) were the most commonly prescribed agents. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that the incidence of atypical pathogens is low in patients with acute bronchitis, and the rate of antibiotic prescriptions is high.
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