Resumen de Infectious asthma triggers: time to revise the hygiene hypothesis?

Wilmore C. Webley, Kelly L. Aldridge

• The hygiene hypothesis supports an inverse relationship between respiratory infections in early-life and atopic diseases. However, a recent study supports growing evidence that early-life infection and airway microbiome composition can significantly influence asthma inception and exacerbation later in life. This reignites discussions on infection-mediated asthma phenotypes and potential therapeutics.