RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aetiology of chronic suppurative lung disease.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 141
OP 142
DO 10.1136/adc.70.2.141
VO 70
IS 2
A1 W H Nikolaizik
A1 J O Warner
YR 1994
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/70/2/141.abstract
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.