Bronchitis

Aerosolized antibiotics and ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis in the intensive care unit
CONTEXT: In critically ill intubated patients, signs of respiratory infection often persist despite treatment with potent systemic antibiotics.

Stony Brook, NY
USA
Moxifloxacin: a respiratory fluoroquinolone
BACKGROUND: Respiratory quinolones are a class of antimicrobials with a high activity against most respiratory pathogens.

Barcelona, Spain
Spain
A pharmacoeconomic review of the management of respiratory tract infections with moxifloxacin
BACKGROUND: Moxifloxacin, a fluoroquinolone, has demonstrated its safety and effectiveness in the management of community-acquired pneumonia, acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and acute bacterial sinusitis
Onderwijs en Navorsing 2, Herestraat 49, PO Box 521
Leuven, The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Inhaled glutathione for the prevention of air pollution-related health effects: a brief review
Exposure to air pollution is associated with significant adverse health effects, such as cardiovascular disease and asthma.

Seattle, WA
USA
Use of cethromycin, a new ketolide, for treatment of community-acquired respiratory infections
BACKGROUND: The ketolides are a subclass of macrolides, which were designed specifically to overcome macrolide-resistant respiratory pathogens.
450 Clarkson Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11203-2098
USA
Smoking: relationship to chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mortality
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To describe the recent findings concerning the relationship between smoking, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mortality.

Kuopio, Finland
Finland
Children with absent surfactant protein D in bronchoalveolar lavage have more frequently pneumonia
Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is an important component of the pulmonary host defense system.

Munich, Germany
Germany
Azithromycin for acute lower respiratory tract infections
BACKGROUND: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) range from acute bronchitis and acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis to pneumonia.


USA
Short course antibiotic treatment in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD: a meta-anal
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a short course of antibiotic treatment (up to 5 days) is as effective as the conventional longer treatment in acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis and COPD.


The Netherlands
Pelargonium sidoides for acute bronchitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVE: To critically assess the efficacy of Pelargonium sidoides for treating acute bronchitis.
25 Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NT

UK