Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Pediatrics Clinic of Sechenov Medical Academy, Ìîscow, Russia
A total of 167 children with bronchial asthma (BA) have been examined for the mycoplasma infection rate. Among investigated patients 62,8% were infected with one or more mycoplasma species. The prolonged persistence in patient body as well as biological properties of mycoplasmas give grounds to consider these agents as a risk factor in the development of the allergy-infection-borne BA and its relapses.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2006, No. 4, P. 78—81