Journal article
A Multidimensional Approach to the Management of Severe Asthma: Inflammometry, Molecular Microbiology and Bronchial Thermoplasty
Abstract
The authors illustrate the merits of identifying the components of diseases (eg, bronchitis and airway hyper-responsiveness) that contribute to exacerbations in the management of a patient with severe asthma. Quantitative cell counts in sputum identified a neutrophilic – as opposed to eosinophilic – bronchitis that enabled a stepwise weaning of prednisone. Molecular microbiology and extended culture methods identified anaerobes and other airway …
Authors
Cox C; Kjarsgaard M; Surette MG; Cox PG; Nair P
Journal
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 221–224
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2015
DOI
10.1155/2015/459187
ISSN
1198-2241