Sputum Neutrophilia Can Mask Eosinophilic Bronchitis During Exacerbations

BACKGROUND: Exacerbations of airway disease are eosinophilic, neutrophilic, both or neither. The primary objective of the present study was to identify whether the treatment of a neutrophilic bronchitis can unmask an associated eosinophilia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Liesel D’silva, Christopher J Allen, Frederick E Hargreave, Krishnan Parameswaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2007-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/190618