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ReviewImmunology and allergy clinics of North America2005

Infectious triggers of asthma.

Ana L MacDowell, Leonard B Bacharier

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Review in Immunology and allergy clinics of North America, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Immunological Aspects Allergic Laryngitis: Role of Cellular and Humoral Mechanisms Directing Therapeutic Strategies.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2026
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  4. Atypical pneumonia (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024
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  9. Infection in severe asthma exacerbations and critical asthma syndrome.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2015
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  10. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and childhood asthma.European journal of epidemiology · 2015
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  11. Mycoplasma pneumonia infection and asthma: A clinical study.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2015
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  14. Anionic pulmonary surfactant lipid regulation of innate immunity.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2012
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  16. The Role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection in Asthma.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2012
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  19. Origin of exhaled breath particles from healthy and human rhinovirus-infected subjects.Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery · 2011
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  20. Asthma phenotypes.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ana L MacDowellDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Leonard B Bacharier

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is abundant evidence that asthma is frequently exacerbated by infectious agents. Several viruses have been implicated in the inception and exacerbation of asthma. Recent attention has been directed at the role of infections with the atypical bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae as agents capable of triggering asthma exacerbations and potentially as inciting agents for asthma. This article examines the evidence for interaction between specific infectious agents and exacerbations of asthma, including the immunopathology of infection-triggered asthma, and the current therapeutic options for management.

Indexed as

AsthmaChlamydophila InfectionsChlamydophila pneumoniaeHumansHypersensitivityPhenotypePneumonia, BacterialPneumonia, MycoplasmaVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID15579364
PMCPMC7118995

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