Chlamydia pneumoniae, and mycoplasma pneumoniae: Are they related to severe asthma in childhood?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 618-621

  Iramain, Ricardo ^a,c   De Jesús, Raùl ^a   Spitters, Cristopher ^b   Jara, Alfredo ^a   Jimenez, Jimmy ^a   Bogado, Norma ^a   Cardozo, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Instituto Privado del Niño   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

acute asthma; Chlamydia; Mycoplasma; severe asthma

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84966702460     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2015.1116085     Document Type: Review

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