Severe asthma exacerbation: Role of acute Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Respiratory Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cosentini, Roberto ^a   Tarsia, Paolo ^b   Canetta, Ciro ^a   Graziadei, Giovanna ^a   Brambilla, Anna M ^a   Aliberti, Stefano ^b   Pappalettera, Maria ^b   Tantardini, Francesca ^a   Blasi, Francesco ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 47549101008     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-9-48     Document Type: Article

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