Barking cough—that is how a croup infection is identified in children and in adults. Croup is a respiratory infection that is caused by a virus and is commonly associated with young children.

“It’s a distinctive barking cough often accompanied with a ‘stridor ... While croup can affect adults, it doesn’t tend to ...

In addition to brain complications, the flu is impacting the lungs, leading to co-infections in adults. Dr. Stephen ... bronchitis-type symptoms. Hard-barking cough, that bronchitis cough can ...