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Content updated on Sep 20, 2022

What is bacterial bronchitis?

A condition due to bacterial infection causing the bronchioles (air-carrying tubes in the lungs) become inflamed resulting in production of too much mucus

Symptoms of bacterial bronchitis

  • Fever

  • Cough

  • Phlegm

  • Hands and feet turned pale and blue

Questions your doctor may ask to check for bacterial bronchitis

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose bacterial bronchitis

  • Do you have a fever?

  • Do you have a cough?

  • Do you have phlegm?

  • Do you have purple blue colored skin?

Treatment for bacterial bronchitis

Antibiotic is required to treat this condition. Bronchodilators may be used on a short-term basis to open airways and reduce wheezing. Corticosteroids given in an inhaler are sometimes prescribed to help the cough go away and reduce the inflammation.

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References

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  • Chang AB, Upham JW, Masters IB, Redding GR, Gibson PG, Marchant JM, Grimwood K. Protracted bacterial bronchitis: The last decade and the road ahead. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2016 Mar;51(3):225-42. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23351. Epub 2015 Dec 4. PMID: 26636654; PMCID: PMC7167774.

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Phillip Aguila

Phillip Aguila, MD, MBA (Respiratory medicine, Critical Care)

Dr. Aguila graduated from West Virginia University School of Medicine. He has trained in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and Internal Medicine at Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He has served as Assistant Professor since 2010.

Eisaku Kamakura

Eisaku Kamakura, MD (Respiratory medicine)

Dr. Kamakura graduated from the Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Dentistry, and the Niigata University School of Medicine. He trained at Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital and held positions in the Respiratory Medicine departments at Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Ome City General Hospital, and Musashino Red Cross Hospital. In 2021, he became the specially appointed assistant professor at the Department of General Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine.

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