Bronchitis is an infection of the tubes that lead to the lungs. It can be acute or chronic. Symptoms include a cough and wheezing. Smoking is a major risk factor. Find out more.

How Is Bronchitis Spread? You get acute bronchitis the same way you get cold and flu viruses — by getting a virus inside your body, usually by breathing it in or passing it from your hands to ...

Many children continue to experience respiratory symptoms up to 14 years after treatment for protracted bacterial bronchitis, ...

Patients with bronchiectasis face heightened risks of severe exacerbation and mortality after COVID-19 recovery, especially ...

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Acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis can be triggered by air pollutants, allergens, irritants (e.g., dust, cigarette smoke), temperature changes and infectious agents (viral and bacterial ...

Discussion In this review of clinical trials using 5-day respiratory fluoroquinolones as a treatment regimen for AECB, we found that a short-course fluoroquinolone regimen is at least as effective ...

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