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Absence of relationship between tuberculin reactivity and asthmatic symptoms, level of FEV 1 and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in BCG vaccinated young adults
Author(s) -
Jentoft H.F.,
Omenaas E.,
Eide G.E.,
Gulsvik A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2002.1s3342.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchial hyperresponsiveness , tuberculin , immunology , asthma , airway hyperresponsiveness , respiratory disease , tuberculosis , lung , pathology
Some recent studies have suggested that bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination or mycobacterial infection early in life is inversely related to asthma. We wondered if an increase in tuberculin reactivity was inversely related to commonly used indices of asthma in a population of young adults who were BCG vaccinated at age 14.