Chapter 12
Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Douglas Seaton,
Douglas Seaton
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Douglas Seaton,
Douglas Seaton
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Book Editor(s):Anthony Seaton CBE, BA, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FFOM, FMedSci,
Douglas Seaton MD, FRCP,
The late A. Gordon Leitch Bsc, MB, PhD, FRCPE, FCCP,
Anthony Seaton CBE, BA, MD, FRCP, FRCPE, FFOM, FMedSci
Professor of Environmental & Occupational Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Honorary Consultant Physician, Aberdeen Royal Hospital NHS Trust
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Consultant Physician, Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Suffolk, England
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This chapter contains section titled:
Common Cold (Acute Coryza, Nasopharyngitis)
Acute Pharyngitis and Tonsillitis
Acute Supraglottitis (Epiglottitis)
Acute Laryngitis
Sinusitis (Rhinosinusitis)
Acute Bronchitis, Tracheitis and Tracheobronchitis
Influenza
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
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