Acute bronchitis is one of the most commonly diagnosed diseases in the emergency department and is the cause of more than 10 million doctor visits every year. Most patients are prescribed ...

In our qualitative study to understand contemporary attitudes regarding acute bronchitis in the United States, we found that clinicians agreed with antibiotic prescribing guidelines for acute ...

In children, a pre-bronchiectasis condition called persistent bacterial bronchitis (PBB) has been described, but this is not recognised in adults. Here we describe a series of adult patients ...

However, even adults often treat it incorrectly ... and viruses do not respond to antibiotics. Attempting to treat bronchitis with these drugs is futile. The result is only side effects from ...

Background Acute bronchitis is a leading cause of ambulatory care visits within the United States. Despite the well-established prevalence of viral etiologies among young adults, over-prescribing of ...

But bronchitis doesn’t normally turn into pneumonia. Do you need antibiotics for bronchitis? Acute bronchitis is most often caused by a viral infection, which antibiotics can't treat.

Participants Participants were adults aged 18–59 years ... and the lowest prescribing 5% of practices issued antibiotic prescriptions at 33% of RTI consultations. Consultations for ‘cough and ...

In otherwise healthy people, antibiotics are rarely needed in the initial treatment of acute bronchitis. Breathing in warm, ...

globalhealth.ucsf.edu Background: Antibiotic treatment is not recommended for acute bronchitis ... placebo controlled equivalence trial of amoxicillin compared with placebo in 660 adults presenting to ...