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[Acute bronchitis: when are antibiotics, and when is symptomatic treatment indicated?].

Abstract
Acute bronchitis is usually caused by a virus, while the chronic form is due to inhalative noxae (in most cases decades of cigarette smoking). Both varieties are diagnosed on a clinical basis. Treatment of acute bronchitis is symptomatic. A sore throat is treated locally, and a troublesome, in particular nocturnal, cough with antitussive agents applied for a limited period (14 days). If bronchial mucus is viscous and difficult to clear, short-term treatment with a secretolytic or mucolytic substance is justified. Management of chronic bronchitis consists primarily in the elimination of the noxae. Treatment with antibiotics (usually oral) makes good sense only when there is a bacteriological infection of the upper or lower airways in an acute stage, such as infection-driven exacerbation of chronic obstructive bronchitis (COPD).
AuthorsA Gillissen, C Gessner, S Hammerschmidt, G Hoheisel, H Wirtz
JournalMMW Fortschritte der Medizin (MMW Fortschr Med) Vol. 148 Issue 1-2 Pg. 26-8 (Jan 12 2006) ISSN: 1438-3276 [Print] Germany
Vernacular TitleAkute Bronchitis. Wann symptomatisch, wann mit Antibiotika behandeln?
PMID16610409 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
Topics
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Bacterial Infections (diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Bronchitis (diagnosis, drug therapy)
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Superinfection (drug therapy)
  • Virus Diseases (diagnosis, drug therapy)

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