Bacterial colonisation of the airway in neonates and risk of asthma and allergy until age 18 years.

Rikke Bjersand SundeJonathan ThorsenMin KimAnn-Marie Malby SchoosJessica Lasky-SuKlaus BønnelykkeHans BisgaardBo Chawes

Published in: The European respiratory journal (2024)

Neonatal airway colonisation was associated with early-onset persistent wheeze/asthma, exacerbations, elevated blood eosinophils and elevated TNF-α in blood, most prominent in early childhood, thereafter diminishing and no longer evident by age 18 years.

Keyphrases

early onset
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
late onset
cystic fibrosis
allergic rhinitis
rheumatoid arthritis
low birth weight
air pollution
preterm infants
infectious diseases