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Advancing equity: six-year respiratory outcomes in young Indigenous children following early respiratory disease detection

Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB), chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD) and bronchiectasis are parts of a disease spectrum characterised by chronic wet cough (CWC). Untreated PBB can develop into CSLD/bronchiectasis.

Citation:
Laird P, Wedderburn I, Wray E, Dempsey Z, Garstone M, Thompson E, Jacky J, Cooper M, Thomason S, Coopes M, Bradshaw T, Chang AB, Schultz A. Advancing equity: six-year respiratory outcomes in young Indigenous children following early respiratory disease detection. Respir Med. 2026;262.

Keywords:
Bronchiectasis; Children; Chronic wet cough; Indigenous; Respiratory

Abstract:
Protracted bacterial bronchitis (PBB), chronic suppurative lung disease (CSLD) and bronchiectasis are parts of a disease spectrum characterised by chronic wet cough (CWC). Untreated PBB can develop into CSLD/bronchiectasis.