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- Title
PCR based bronchoscopic detection of common respiratory pathogens in chronic cough: a case control study.
- Authors
West, Peter W; Kelsall, Angela; Decalmer, Samantha; Dove, Winifred; Bishop, Paul W; Stewart, James P; Woodcock, Ashley A; Smith, Jaclyn A
- Abstract
Viral respiratory tract infection is the most frequent cause of acute cough and is reported at onset in about one third of patients with chronic cough. Persistent infection is therefore one possible explanation for the cough reflex hypersensitivity and pulmonary inflammation reported in chronic cough patients.
- Publication
Cough (London, England), 2012, Vol 8, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
1745-9974
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1745-9974-8-5