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Recurrent wheezing in children linked to ‘silent’ viral infections
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Recurrent wheezing in children linked to ‘silent’ viral infections

News Release 8-Aug-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Virginia Health System image: “We hope this discovery will stimulate further work in the treatment of recurrent wheeze and viral infections in children,” said researcher W. Gerald Teague, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist at UVA Health Children’s and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. “The field has to get...

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Study finds azithromycin use during RSV not useful in preventing recurrent wheezing, may cause harm

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Findings from a recent study evaluating the impact of the antibiotic azithromycin during severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis overwhelmingly support current national bronchiolitis guidelines, which recommend against antibiotics during acute bronchiolitis due to lack of effect on the acute illness.  There is also substantial evidence that severe RSV bronchiolitis in...