Prevotella intermedia and periodontitis are associated with severe asthma.
Mabel P LopesÁlvaro A CruzMárcia T XavierAndreas StöckerPaulo Carvalho-FilhoPatrícia M MirandaRoberto J MeyerKaliane R SoledadeIsaac Suzart Gomes-FilhoSoraya Castro TrindadePublished in: Journal of periodontology (2019)
The present results suggest that periodontitis and P. intermedia are associated with severe asthma. However, the functional consequences of this dysbiosis upon asthma susceptibility and its phenotypes remain unclear.