Asthma and Infections [Hardcover]

An invaluable resource, this book covers the full range of respiratory infections and explores the techniques used to detect the pathogens involved in asthma. Fifteen international experts representing the range of specialties involved in treating asthma examine the relationship between asthma and infection. They provide authoritative, time-tested guidance clinicians and researchers can utilize and trust. They cover bacterial and viral respiratory infections and pathogen detection, examining how microbes, infections, and antibiotic and anti-inflammatory agents affect asthma. The book helps readers identify the basic, translational, clinical aspects of asthma bacterial infection, inflammation, and allergic response. Not only does it present the facts but raises questions that will stimulate the clinical and research communities to explore new avenues that may provide clear answers to old questions.

Overview of the Infection, Allergy, and Asthma Relationship
Dawn C. Newcomb and R. Stokes Peebles, Jr.
Laboratory Diagnosis of Respiratory Infections
Ronald J. Harbeck
Hygiene Hypothesis for Allergy and Asthma
Andrew H. Liu
Asthma Exacerbation Induced by Virus and Bacteria
Kaharu Sumino and Michael J. Walter
Interaction Between Allergen and Bacteria in Chronic Asthma
Richard J. Martin
Viral-Allergy Interactions
Jonathan D. R. Macintyre, Annemarie Sykes, and Sebastian L. Johnston
Viral Respiratory Infections in Infancy and Chronic Asthma
James E. Gern
Bacterial Respiratory Infections and Asthma
E. Rand Sutherland
Increased Susceptibility to Viral Infection at the Origins of Asthma
Fernando D. Martinez
Pulmonary Surfactant, Innate Immunity, and Asthma
Mari Numata and Dennis R. Voelker
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