Journal of general internal medicine
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To determine whether antibiotic and bronchodilator treatment of acute bronchitis in patients without lung disease is efficacious. ⋯ Most studies showed no significant difference between drug and placebo, and the two studies that did showed only small clinical differences. Albuterol had an impressive advantage over erythromycin. Antibiotics should not be used in the treatment of acute bronchitis in healthy persons unless convincing evidence of a bacterial infection is present.