title: No efficacy of prednisolone in acute wheezing associated with human bocavirus infection.
abstract: The efficacy of prednisolone in acute wheezing associated with human bocavirus infection was investigated in 232 hospitalized children (median age, 1.6 years). Clinical history, atopy status, and viral etiology were carefully studied. Outcomes included hospitalization time, duration of symptoms, and occurrence of relapses. No efficacy of prednisolone was found in children with serologically confirmed acute human bocavirus infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland. tuomas.jartti@utu.fi
authors.forename: Tuomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jartti
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Söderlund-Venermo
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Allander
authors.forename: Tytti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vuorinen
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hedman
authors.forename: Olli
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ruuskanen
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D056661:Human bocavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012008:Recurrence; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone