Etiologies of chronic cough in children: a two-year experience from a tertiary pediatric pulmonology center

While asthma remains the leading cause of dry cough, structural lung diseases such as PCD and CF are major etiologies in children presenting with chronic wet cough in tertiary settings. The high rate of these serious conditions underscores the need for early and detailed investigation in patients unresponsive to standard therapies, rather than repeated empirical treatments for presumed PBB.