| Literature DB >> 30537911 |
Surinder Kumar1, Ruma Dev Roy2, G R Sethi3, Sanjeev R Saigal4.
Abstract
A clinical association between exacerbation of asthma symptoms and Mycoplasma pneumoniae ( M. pneumoniae) infection has long been suspected. We studied 80 children aged 5-15 years; 50 with asthma (Group 1) and 30 without an acute exacerbation of asthma (Group 2) for detection of M. pneumoniae by serology and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on nasopharyngeal aspirates. Our study confirms that lower respiratory tract infections with M. pneumoniae are frequently associated with exacerbations of asthma in children.Entities:
Keywords: Asthma; bacterial infection; diagnosis; disease; respiratory tract infections
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30537911 DOI: 10.1177/0049475518816591
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Doct ISSN: 0049-4755 Impact factor: 0.731