id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-324810-92fosk3c Sharma, Sat Role of Antimicrobial Agents in the Management of Exacerbations of COPD 2012-08-23 .txt text/plain 9334 582 39 [18] The consistent results of these tions; viral infections caused higher symptom scores and increased studies prove that the bacteria are recovered in the distal airways levels of inflammatory markers (plasma fibrinogen and in-of COPD patients during exacerbations and may be responsible for terleukin-6). catarrhalis correlated with a significantly higher rate of acute exacerbations, thereThe role of bacterial infection in AECOPD can also be assessed fore providing credibility to the concept that bacteria play a by systematically evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial therapy. It has been suggested that the progressive deterioration of lung with different severities of COPD have exacerbations with diverse function in patients with COPD is produced by bacterial colonizaorganisms; therefore, further studies should be conducted to assess tion of the lower respiratory tract and recurrent infective exacerbadifferent classes of antimicrobials in specific clinical situations. These agents line therapy in out-patients with Acute Infective exacerbations of penetrate well into the respiratory secretions and bronchial muco-Chronic Bronchitis), compared effectiveness of moxifloxacin sa, but the clinical relevance of this is uncertain. ./cache/cord-324810-92fosk3c.txt ./txt/cord-324810-92fosk3c.txt