Inhaled antibiotics improve symptoms of cough and sputum in patients with bronchiectasis: a post-hoc analysis of the AIR-BX studies

M. Crichton (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), M. Lonergan (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), A. Barker (Portland, United States of America), O. Sibila (Barcelona, Spain), P. Goeminne (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium), A. Shoemark (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom), J. Chalmers (Dundee (Angus), United Kingdom)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections and bronchiectasis
Session: Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections and bronchiectasis
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 2365
Disease area: Airway diseases, Respiratory infections

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