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A Young Girl With Bronchiectasis and Elevated Sweat Chloride

Authors :
Amanjit Bal
Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad
Valliappan Muthu
Ashutosh N. Aggarwal
Sahajal Dhooria
Ritesh Agarwal
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal
Sheetal Sharda
Source :
Chest. 159:e155-e158
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2021.

Abstract

Case Presentation A 14-year old girl presented with history of productive cough since the age of 3 years. For the past 6 years, she complained of chest tightness and wheezing. There was also nasal stuffiness and discharge for the past 6 years. She denied history of hemoptysis, ear discharge, or chest pain. There was no history of respiratory distress at the time of birth. Her brother also suffered from productive cough and wheezing since the age of 3 years. However, both her parents were asymptomatic.

Details

ISSN :
00123692
Volume :
159
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Chest
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....40a70fb5b874e1eab88828d2142032ce
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.276