title: [Infections of the lower airways].
abstract: Lower airway infections are very common. A distinction should be made between acute tracheobronchitis, exacerbation of chronic bronchitis and pneumonia, since prognosis and therapy of these diseases are different. Community-acquired pneumonia has to be treated without delay by an antibiotic which is efficient against pneumococci.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Pneumologie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Russi
mesh_terms: D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
vernacular_title: Infekte der unteren Luftwege.