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ReviewJournal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2019

Respiratory pathogens and clinical outcomes in children with an asthma exacerbation: A systematic review.

Joanna Merckx, Hannah Kraicer-Melamed, Genevieve Gore, Francine M Ducharme, Caroline Quach

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Review in Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Joanna MerckxDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Hannah Kraicer-MelamedDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Genevieve GoreLife Sciences Library, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Francine M DucharmeDepartment of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
Caroline QuachDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: In asthmatic children, respiratory pathogens are identified in 60%-80% of asthma exacerbations, contributing to a significant burden of illness. The role of pathogens in the clinical evolution of exacerbations is unknown. Objective: We systematically reviewed the association between the presence of pathogens and clinical outcomes in children with an asthma exacerbation. Method: PubMed, EMBASE, BIOSIS, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials were searched up to October 2016 for studies reporting on respiratory pathogen exposure and clinical outcome. The Risk of Bias in Non-Randomized Studies of Interventions tool was used for quality assessment. Results: Twenty-eight observational studies ( Conclusions: Further research on the role of pathogen-treatment interaction and outcomes is required to inform the need for point-of-care, real-time testing for pathogens. Studies with a sufficiently large sample size that address selection bias, correctly adjust for confounding, and rigorously report core patient-centred outcomes are necessary to improve knowledge.

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asthmachildrenexacerbationoutcomesrespiratory pathogensystematic review

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PMID36340656
PMCPMC9603032

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