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Article: Otitis Media and Bronchiolitis.
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- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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Bronchiolitis, an infection of the small passages of the lungs, is most often caused the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). It usually affects children 2 to 24 months old. Many of these children also develop an ear infection.
Doctors at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine wondered if the same virus that causes bronchiolitis was also responsible for the ear infections. They followed 42 children with bronchiolitis. Sixty-two ...
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