title: [Antibiotics therapy in chronic bronchitis].
abstract: In chronic bronchitis antibiotic therapy is no causative therapy, because infection rarely is the beginning but the complication of an already existing airway disease. While sputum cultures are very limited in their value, blind chemotherapy of bacterial infections by substances like tetracycline, ampicilline, azidocilline or cotrimoxazole is allowed. In cases of additional obstruction a combination with corticosteroids sometimes may be useful.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole
vernacular_title: Antibiotika-Therapie bei der chronischen Bronchitis.