ReviewAnnals of thoracic medicine
An underestimated cause of chronic cough: The Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis.
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- Bronchoscopy Identifies Bacterial Airway Colonization and Comorbidities in Preschool Children With Refractory Respiratory Symptoms: A Retrospective Study.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Article
- Important functions and molecular mechanisms of aquaporins family on respiratory diseases: potential translational values.Journal of Cancer · 2024Review
- The Respiratory Microbiome in Paediatric Chronic Wet Cough: What Is Known and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Associated Risk Factors and Diagnostic Value of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy for Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in Children.International journal of clinical practice · 2023Article
- Clinical features and pathogen distributions of microbiological-based protracted bacterial bronchitis in children of different ages in Northeast China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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- When is asthma not guilty?International journal of pediatrics & adolescent medicine · 2021Review
- Diversity and molecular network patterns of symptom phenotypes.NPJ systems biology and applications · 2021Article
- When the Cough Does Not Improve: A Review on Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Aerodigestive Approach to Chronic Cough in Children.Current treatment options in pediatrics · 2018Article
- Asthma: Differential Diagnosis and Comorbidities.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Review
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Abstract
Chronic cough in childhood is associated with a high morbidity and decreased quality of life. Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) seems to be the second most common cause of chronic cough in children under 6 years of age. Its main clinical feature is represented by wet cough that worsens when changing posture and improves after the introduction of antibiotics. Currently, the mainstay of PBB treatment is a 2-week therapy with a high dose of antibiotics, such as co-amoxiclav, to eradicate the infection and restore epithelial integrity. It is very important to contemplate this disease in a child with chronic cough since the misdiagnosis of PBB could lead to complications such as bronchiectasis. Clinicians, however, often do not consider this disease in the differential diagnosis and, consequently, they are inclined to change the antibiotic therapy rather than to extend it or to add steroids. Data sources of this review include PubMed up to December 2016, using the search terms "child," "chronic cough," and "protracted bacterial bronchitis."
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