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Letter in response to: Stark P et al Amoxycillin-clavulanate for chronic wet cough in children: cautious interpretation of study findings warranted
  1. Julie Marchant1,
  2. Helen Petsky1,
  3. Anne B Chang1,2
  1. 1Queensland Children's Respiratory Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  2. 2Child Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Julie Marchant, Queensland Children's Respiratory Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia; j.marchant{at}uq.edu.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203059

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    We thank Stark and colleagues1 for comments on our paper and their interest in our recent randomised controlled trial (RCT) of amoxycillin-clavulanate compared with placebo for children with chronic wet cough,2 which as they state are a ‘group of patients that often present paediatricians with a management dilemma’ and which ‘represents a valuable contribution to the literature’. We feel it is important to clarify a few points raised.

    First, the criteria used for defining chronic cough in children (>3 weeks) was at the time of the study commencement the definition of chronic childhood cough. We acknowledge following the study completion (enrolment between …

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    • Contributors JM drafted manuscript. AC and HP edited and collaborated on ideas.

    • Funding ABC is funded by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellowship (grant number 545216).

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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