Title: Treating Acute Asthma with Antibiotics — Not Quite Yet
Abstract: Although the root cause of asthma is not known, treatments have been developed that target facets of the underlying pathologic abnormalities of asthma: airway inflammation, hypersecretion of mucus, and airway hyperresponsiveness. These treatments not only have improved the site of drug delivery (e.g., inhaled corticosteroids) but have directly targeted the relevant pathways that contribute to symptoms (e.g., leukotriene modifiers and anti-IgE). Although these treatments have proved to be effective, practitioners are often humbled as the condition progresses despite their best efforts to control it; therapeutic strategies that target unexplored disease associations are needed.Viral infection is strongly associated with both . . .
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-04-13
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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