Inverse association between Chlamydia pneumoniae respiratory tract infection and initiation of asthma or allergic rhinitis in children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Schmidt, Sebastian M ^a,b   Müller, Cornelia E ^a   Wiersbitzky, Siegfried K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Zentrum F Kinder u Jugendmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Breath condensate; Chlamydia pneumoniae infection; Eosinophils; Lung function

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; ISOPROSTANE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EVALUATION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; KINDERGARTEN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DINOPROST; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RHINITIS;

EID: 17044423367     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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