Selected article for: "asthma cystic fibrosis and chronic airways disease"

Author: Hershenson, Marc B.
Title: Rhinovirus-Induced Exacerbations of Asthma and COPD
  • Document date: 2013_2_21
  • ID: 1kdc6xk8_28
    Snippet: Cystic fibrosis is a chronic airways disease with similarities to asthma and COPD. CF may also be exacerbated by viral infection. For example, viruses were detected in 46% of patients with exacerbations of cystic fibrosis, compared to only 18% of patients in stable condition [120] . RV has been identified in 13 to 58% of cystic fibrosis patients with acute respiratory illness and was associated with increased respiratory symptoms, worse airway fu.....
    Document: Cystic fibrosis is a chronic airways disease with similarities to asthma and COPD. CF may also be exacerbated by viral infection. For example, viruses were detected in 46% of patients with exacerbations of cystic fibrosis, compared to only 18% of patients in stable condition [120] . RV has been identified in 13 to 58% of cystic fibrosis patients with acute respiratory illness and was associated with increased respiratory symptoms, worse airway function and secondary bacterial infection, compared to uninfected patients [120] [121] [122] [123] .

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