PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W H Nikolaizik
AU  - J O Warner
TI  - Aetiology of chronic suppurative lung disease.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.70.2.141
DP  - 1994 Feb 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 141--142
VI  - 70
IP  - 2
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/70/2/141.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/70/2/141.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1994 Feb 01; 70
AB  - Forty one (1%) of 4000 children referred for respiratory disease had chronic suppurative lung disease not due to cystic fibrosis. Further investigations showed congenital malformations in six (15%), primary ciliary dyskinesia syndrome in seven (17%), 11 had immunological abnormalities (27%), and two bronchiectasis due to aspiration (5%). Therefore the underlying cause for the disease was found in 63%. Identification of predisposing causes may facilitate prevention of further bronchial damage.