Bronchitis is an infection that causes a cough. It happens when the tubes that carry air into the lungs, called the “bronchi,” get infected. Bronchitis usually oc­curs when a person gets a cold or the ...

Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans is an important respiratory illness because of its underlying irreversible fibrotic process, and is defined as concentric fibrosis in the bronchiolar ...

RSV can also cause more severe illness such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia, the CDC added. It is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children younger than 1.

For many, infection causes mild upper respiratory tract illness that resembles the common cold, but in up to 40% of infected children the disease progresses to an LRTI such as bronchiolitis or ...

Given the overlap in symptoms, laboratory testing is required to distinguish between RSV and HMPV, the gold standard for detecting both viruses. While quick antigen tests are available for RSV, their ...

Multivariable statistics by regression analysis were used. Results: During the studied interval, 237 children with acute bronchiolitis were examined in the Emergency Department and 183 (77,21% ...