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ArticleThorax2026

Comparison of Lower Airway Sampling Strategies in Children with Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis (CLASSIC-PBB): a non-randomised, internally controlled, multicentre trial.

Francis J Gilchrist, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Mathew Aspey, Zoe Baker, Robert Bowler, Malcolm Brodlie, Seema Desai, Caroline Harris, Emily Hinton, Hemant Kulkarni and 6 more

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Article in Thorax, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Francis J GilchristDepartment of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK francis.gilchrist@uhnm.nhs.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-7621
Ivonne Solis-TrapalaSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK.
Mathew AspeyResearch and Innovation Directorate, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Zoe BakerDepartment of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Robert BowlerResearch and Innovation Directorate, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Malcolm BrodlieDepartment of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Seema DesaiDepartment of Microbiology, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Caroline HarrisDepartment of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Emily HintonOn Behalf of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement for CLASSIC PBB, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK.
Hemant KulkarniDepartment of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Sheffield Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, England, UK.
Simon LeaResearch and Development, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.
Aviva OgbolosinghaResearch and Innovation Directorate, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Ian SinhaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, England, UK.
Joanne StockDepartment of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Will CarrollAcademic Department of Paediatrics, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2742-1836
CLASSIC PBB study group

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Bacterial InfectionBronchoscopyPaediatric Lung Disease

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PMID41850774

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