[Indications for antibiotic long term treatment of chronic and recurring bronchitis].
Kinderarztl Prax, 1979/4;47(4):175-8.
PMID: 113609
Abstract
The formerly used long-term therapy with antibiotics in chronic bronchitis in adulthood has been nearly completely replaced by an intermittent treatment of the single attack. Therefore it seems necessary to check the appropriateness and the indications for an antibiotic long-term therapy in childhood. In the light of the greater importance of viral and bacteriological infections of the airways in children and in the light of the frequency of confirmed malformations of the tracheobronchial tree the further appropriateness for an antibiotic long-term therapy after a thorough bronchological examination is established. Also firstly established bronchiectases or severe cases of deforming bronchitis initially mostly require such a long-term treatment. Among the cases of a specialized dispensary care for chronic and recurrent bronchopulmonary diseases such an antibiotic long-term therapy is indicated in nearly 8 to 10 per cent of all patients.
MeSH terms
Anti-Bacterial Agents; Bronchiectasis; Bronchitis; Child; Chronic Disease; Humans; Long-Term Care; Recurrence
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