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Health Sciences > Medicine > Infectious Diseases

Approaches to Bronchitis

Edited By: Marianna D. Gaça

ISBN 978-953-307-770-3, Hard cover, 70 pages
Publisher: InTech
Publication date: October 2011
Subject: Infectious Diseases, Pulmonology

The aim of this book is to present some recent and interesting findings in the field of bronchitis, which will serve as a supplement to the book Bronchitis. In particular, this volume focuses on the successful use and development of novel tools in the diagnostics and treatment of bronchitis. Contributions include clinical case studies, the impact of air pollution on bronchitis, the presentation and diagnosis of the respiratory disease eosinophilic bronchiolitis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, the development of a method for the swift detection of the infectious bronchitis virus and studies investigating the successful use of alternative medicines in the treatment of bronchitis. The editor would like to thank the authors of the chapters who have contributed to this book and hopes that this will book not only supplement the book on Bronchitis, but may increase interest in the subject.

Table of Contents

  1. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia/Kartagener Syndrome - Clinical and Genetic Aspects
    Masumi Akita
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  2. Eosinophilic Bronchiolitis in Asthma - A Patient with Bronchial Asthma in whom Eosinophilic Bronchitis and Bronchiolitis Developed During Treatment
    Yasutsugu Fukushima and Kuniyoshi Kamiya
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  3. Air Pollution Impact on Asthma and Bronchitis in Porto, Portugal, During the Year 2005
    Azevedo, J.M.F. and Gonçalves, F.L.T.
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  4. Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for the Rapid Detection of Infectious Bronchitis Virus
    Yong-Sheng Liu
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  5. Potential of the Phytomedicine Echinacea in the Treatment of Pulmonary Infections and Bronchitis
    James Hudson
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  6. EPs 7630, a Herbal Drug Preparation for Treating Acute Bronchitis in Children and Adults
    H. Matthys and W. Kamin
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