Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by reversible airway obstruction and
airway hyperresponsiveness to non-specific bronchoconstriction agonists as the primary …

… Author links open overlay panel Elizabeth S Stuart a , Wilmore C Webley a , Leonard C …
Webley was in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Ph.D. from the Department of …

There has been a worldwide increase in the incidence of asthma, and the disease has greatly
impacted the public health care system. Chlamydia pneumoniae has been reported as a …

The hygiene hypothesis supports an inverse relationship between respiratory infections in
early-life and atopic diseases. However, a recent study supports growing evidence that early-…

An emerging body of evidence suggests that half of asthma in both children and adults is
associated with chronic lung infection. The aim of the present study was to determine the …

Background: Neutrophilic asthma is thought to be less responsive than eosinophilic asthma
to anti-inflammatory therapies including corticosteroids. Chlamydia pneumoniae has been …

Chlamydia trachomatis is the leading cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease worldwide
and while antibiotic treatment is effective in eliminating the pathogen, up to 70% of all …

Background Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) and Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cp) are medically
significant infectious agents associated with various chronic human pathologies. Nevertheless, …

Background Recent studies have confirmed the presence of viable Chlamydia in the
bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of pediatric patients with airway hyperresponsiveness. While …

Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Ocular infection by the
obligate intracellular pathogen, Chlamydia trachomatis, causes the eyelashes to turn in and …