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Abstract
Asthma is one of the chronic diseases that is increasing in prevalence despite
better understanding of its pathogenesis and improved treatment. Both morbidity and
mortality of asthma are increasing and most of asthma mortality is due to acute
exacerbation.
Infection is one of the most important causes of acute exacerbation of asthma,
and may play an important role in its chronicity. Searching for preventable and
curable forms of these infections as Chlamydia pneJlmonJae, which is recently
discovered, in asthmatics, and evaluation of their role in exacerbation of asthma may
probably help improving the control of this disease and decreasing its prevalence
morbidity and mortality.
This study aimed at determining the role of acute Chlamydia pneunwnJae
infection in exacerbation of asthma symptoms in adult asthmatics.
This study was a case control prospective study, conducted on 64 adult asthma
patients ” " ~ " ” 16 years old in the period between November 1999 and November 2000,