According to our study, the link between hygiene and childhood asthma rise would lie less in the decreasing exposure to microbiologic agents than in the increasing exposure of children to products of chlorination, the most widely used method to achieve hygiene in industrialized countries.
No other microbiologic agents (bacteria or viruses) could be identified in his sputum or NPA.
In the last part of the 19th century, microbiologic agents were identified and hence diseases could be classified according to the causative infectious agents.
Antemortem testing was negative for microbiologic agents.
These included hormones, pharmaceuticals, microbiologic agents, and dietary constituents.
Bacteremia type (primary, secondary, or connected to the catheter), microbiologic agents and empirical antibiotic therapy used.
We reviewed eligible peer-reviewed epidemiologic studies or quantitative meta-analyses, up to late 2009, on dampness, mold, or other microbiologic agents and respiratory or allergic effects.
Inflammation is a normal protective response to tissue injury caused by physical trauma (cut, burn or bruise), noxious chemicals, microbiologic agents or even autoimmune disease [ 1].
These results agree with previously published studies (19, 27, 28 ) of cystic fibrosis patients, which showed that unusual microbiologic agents can be responsible for pneumonia.
To improve the rate of detection of the causative microbiologic agent, the Binax NOW Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen test (UAT) was evaluated.
