title: Chronic cough management: dealing with a sensation of mucus in the throat.
abstract: Among the various types of laryngeal paresthesia, the results of the study with use of a newly developed cough-related laryngeal sensation questionnaire suggested that a sensation of mucus in the throat (SMIT) can predict the presence of fungal colonization in chronic cough patients. Next to 'cough' or 'sputum', SMIT may become the third key clinical manifestation leading to successful prediction of the efficacy of antifungal therapy in chronic cough patients.
authors: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Ishikawa-ken Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan. foresth@mail.goo.ne.jp
authors: Haruhiko
authors: H
authors: Ogawa
authors: Masaki
authors: M
authors: Fujimura
authors: Yasuo
authors: Y
authors: Takeuchi
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Makimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009093:Mucus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000502:physiology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents