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BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
Volume 341, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
B M J PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4978
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- Copenhagen Prospective Study on Asthma in Childhood
- Lundbeck Foundation
- Pharmacy Foundation
- Augustinus Foundation
- Danish Medical Research Council
- Danish Pediatric Asthma Centre
- Lundbeck Foundation [R16-2007-1694] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objective To study the association between wheezy symptoms in young children and the presence of bacteria in the airways. Design Birth cohort study. Setting Clinical research unit in Copenhagen. Participants Children of asthmatic mothers, from age 4 weeks to 3 years, with planned visits and acute admissions to the research clinic. Main outcome measure Frequency of bacteria and virus carriage in airway aspirates during wheezy episodes and at planned visits without respiratory symptoms. Results 984 samples (361 children) were analysed for bacteria, 844 (299 children) for viruses, and 696 (277 children) for both viruses and bacteria. Wheezy episodes were associated with both bacterial infection (odds ratio 2.9, 95% confidence interval 1.9 to 4.3; P<0.001) and virus infection (2.8, 1.7 to 4.4; P<0.001). The associations of bacteria and viruses were independent of each other. Conclusion Acute wheezy episodes in young children were significantly associated with bacterial infections similar to but independent of the association with virus infections.
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