Role of bacterial infection in the exacerbation of acute or prolonged asthma attack in children

Allergology International

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Nagayama, Yoko ^a   Tsubaki, Toshikazu ^a   Toba, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kawakami, Hiroshi ^a   Okusu, Kiyofumi ^a  

^a CHIBA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Childhood asthma; Haemophilus influenzae; Moraxella catarrhalis; Pneumonia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033583594     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.1999.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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