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. 2019 Jun 19;220(2):184-186.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz082.

The Syndrome We Agreed to Call Bronchiolitis

Fernando P Polack  1 , Renato T Stein  2 , Adnan Custovic  3
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The Syndrome We Agreed to Call Bronchiolitis

Fernando P Polack et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We are ignoring evidence suggesting that the diagnosis of bronchiolitis encompasses several diseases with distinct underlying mechanisms, considerable heterogeneity in treatment responses, and ultimately different therapeutic targets. Understanding this heterogeneity may be the only way to deliver appropriate, stratified treatments.

Keywords: bronchiolitis; endotypes; machine learning; respiratory syncytial virus.

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