PROTRACTED BACTERIAL BRONCHITIS IN CHILDREN: THE FIRST CASE SERIES FROM ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Though an old disease, Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis(PBB) is a new diagnostic entity in children described recently. Since then, many pediatric cough studies have confirmed the role of PBB as one of the commonest cause of chronic cough in children. We report here a series of 4 children diagnosed with protracted bacterial bronchitis in our clinics for the first time from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, based on the European Respiratory Society protracted bacterial bronchitis clinical guideline criteria.