Is Mycoplasma pneumoniae a precipitating factor in acute severe asthma in children?
A randomized prospective trial in 39 children with acute severe asthma admitted to the emergency ward of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and a matched comparative group showed that Mycoplasma pneumoniae was not a precipitating factor.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation