Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough: case report. | Cough BioMed Central Open Access Case report Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as a mechanism of post infectious cough case report Nicole M Ryan1 2 and Peter G Gibson 1 2 Address School of Medicine and Public Health The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia and 2Hunter Medical Research Institute Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine John Hunter Hospital Locked Bag 1 Hunter Region Mail Centre NSW 2310 Australia Email Nicole M Ryan - Peter G Gibson - Corresponding author Published 4 August 2008 Received I April 2008 Cough 2008 4 7 doi 1745-9974-4-7 Accepted 4 August 2008 This article is available from http content 4 1 7 2008 Ryan and Gibson licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Post-infectious cough is a common diagnosis in people with chronic cough. However the specific infectious aetiology and cough mechanisms are seldom identified. We report a case of chronic cough after Mycoplasma pneumoniae lower respiratory tract infection with extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness as the cough mechanism. Extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness may be a common mechanism in post-infectious cough which may be useful both diagnostically and therapeutically since chronic cough with extrathoracic airway hyperresponsiveness responds to speech pathology treatment. Background Post-infectious cough is a common diagnosis especially in primary care settings although a specific infectious aetiology is rarely confirmed. Aside from pertussis the role of other infectious agents in chronic cough is poorly understood. In specialist
