Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough: case report

Nicole M Ryan; Peter G. Gibson

doi:10.1186/1745-9974-4-7

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Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough: case report

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Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough: case report

Nicole M Ryan and Peter G. Gibson

Cough (London, England), Vol.4, 7

04/08/2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-4-7

PMID: 18673583

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Hypertonic Saline

Chronic Cough

Roxithromycin

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae

Nedocromil

Post-infectious cough is a common diagnosis in people with chronic cough. However, the specific infectious aetiology and cough mechanisms are seldom identified. We report a case of chronic cough after Mycoplasma pneumoniae lower respiratory tract infection with extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as the cough mechanism. Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness may be a common mechanism in post-infectious cough which may be useful both diagnostically and therapeutically since chronic cough with extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness responds to speech pathology treatment.

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Title: Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough: case report
Creators: Nicole M Ryan - University of Newcastle Australia
Peter G. Gibson - University of Newcastle Australia
Publication Details: Cough (London, England), Vol.4, 7
Publisher: BioMed Central
Identifiers: 991013184711502368
Copyright: © 2008 Ryan and Gibson; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
Academic Unit: Faculty of Health
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough: case report

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