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Bronchiectasis : Causes

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Causes List

Causes could include:
  • Recurrent inflammation or infection of the airways

Causes Overview Articles

Bronchiectasis
It most often begins in childhood as a complication from infection or inhaling a foreign object.Cystic fibrosis causes about half of all bronchiectasis in the United States. Recurrent, severe lung infections(pneumonia, tuberculosis, fungal infecti...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 24, 2008
Bronchiectasis
Patients who have been infected with tuberculosis or the virus which causes AIDS(HIV or human immunodeficiency virus) also have an increased chance of bronchiectasis.A number of pre-existing conditions may cause an individual to be more susceptibl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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