The importance of bacterial and viral infections associated with adult asthma exacerbations in clinical practice.

Viral infection is one of the risk factors for asthma exacerbation. However, which pathogens are related to asthma exacerbation in adults remains unclear.The relation between various infections and adult asthma exacerbations was investigated in clinical practice.The study subjects included 50 adult...

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Main Authors: Motoyasu Iikura, Masayuki Hojo, Rikiya Koketsu, Sho Watanabe, Ayano Sato, Haruka Chino, Shoki Ro, Haruna Masaki, Junko Hirashima, Satoru Ishii, Go Naka, Jin Takasaki, Shinyu Izumi, Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Sachiko Yamaguchi, Susumu Nakae, Haruhito Sugiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4406689?pdf=render