Serum antibodies to Legionella agents in bronchial asthma.PDF

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1985, 60, 225-230 Serum antibodies to Legionella agents in bronchial asthma S BEER, I BOLDUR, R KAZAK, S AVIDAN, AND Y KANNAI Paediatric Pulmonary-Allergic Service, Department ofMicrobiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv; and Department of Theoretical Mathematics, Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel SUMMARY The prevalence of seropositivity to Legionella species was studied in 184 children with bronchial asthma and 80 control children, age and sex matched, without respiratory tract infection