Protocol for CLASSIC PBB: comparison of lower airway sampling strategies in children with protracted bacterial bronchitis

• Main Authors: Francis J Gilchrist (Author), William D Carroll (Author), Ian Sinha (Author), Malcolm Brodlie (Author), Hemant Kulkarni (Author), Caroline Harris (Author), Ivonne Solis-Trapala (Author), Mathew Aspey (Author), Robert Bowler (Author), Seema Desai (Author), Emily Hinton (Author), Aviva Ogbolosingha (Author), Joanne Stock (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB) is an endobronchial infection and a the most common cause of chronic wet cough in young children. It is treated with antibiotics, which can only be targeted if the causative organism is known. As most affected children do not expectorate sputum, lower...