Management tactics for children with persistent cough

Abstract

The paper presents the results of comprehensive examination and treatment in 514 children who have developed a persistent cough lasting for more than 3 weeks after acute respiratory disease. The cause of persistent coughing was a concurrence of infectious and somatic diseases in the majority of cases (62.8%). Among the somatic diseases, there were most common allergic diseases of respiratory organs (32.4%) and ENT diseases (27.4%). 311 (60.5%) children were found to have markers for Mycoplasma (43.9%), herpesvirus (42.2%), Pneumocystis (21.4%), and Chlamydia (6.25%) infections as mono- or mixed infections. Combination therapy with Cycloferon had a positive clinical effect. Based on the findings, the authors elaborated a diagnostic algorithm and proposed a treatment policy in children with a persistent cough after acute respiratory infection