Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection status is dependent on the subtypes of asthma and allergy

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Nagy, Adrienne ^a,b   Keszei, Márton ^a,c   Kis, Zoltán ^a,d   Budai, Irén ^a,e   Tölgyesi, Gergely ^a,c   Ungvári, Ildikó ^a,c   Falus, András ^a,c,f   Szalai, Csaba ^a,f  

^a Buda Children's Hospital ^*

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c National Center of Epidemiology   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f HEIM PÁL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Allergic asthma; Chlamydia; Chlamydophila pneumoniae; Inhalative allergy; Nonallergic asthma

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847653376     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2007.28.2957     Document Type: Review

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