March 2011. Volume 7. Number 1

Passive smoking and invasive bacterial disease: another reason to combat the smoking habit?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Lee CC, Middaugh NA, Howie SRC, Ezzati M. Association of Secondhand Smoke Exposure with Pediatric Invasive Bacterial Disease and Bacterial Carriage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2010;7: e1000374.
Reviewers: Ochoa Sangrador C1, Aparicio Rodrigo M2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
2Centro de Salud Entreví­as. Área 1. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Carlos Ochoa Sangrador. Email: cochoas@meditex.es
Reception date: 28/12/2010
Acceptance date: 04/01/2011
Publication date: 13/01/2011

Abstract

Authors' conclusions: secondhand smoke may be associated with invasive meningococcal disease, although that should be confirmed by high quality studies. The possible risk detected and the increasing secondhand smoking in developing countries, where invasive disease is more frequent, make it necessary to favor interventions for reducing children exposure to tobacco.

Reviewers' commentary: passive smoking showed a significant association with meningococcal invasive disease and with the meningococcus and pneumococcus carrier state. However, it is not clear that this association is causal and it may reflect the effect of other environmental factors associated with lower socioeconomic status. Prospective studies are required with an appropriate adjustment for other risk factors to confirm this association.

How to cite this article

Ochoa Sangrador C, Aparicio Rodrigo M. Tabaquismo pasivo y enfermedad bacteriana invasiva: ¿otra razón para luchar contra el consumo de tabaco? Evid Pediatr. 2011;7:7.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Lee CC, Middaugh NA, Howie SRC, Ezzati M. Association of Secondhand Smoke Exposure with Pediatric Invasive Bacterial Disease and Bacterial Carriage: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2010;7: e1000374.
Reviewers: Ochoa Sangrador C1, Aparicio Rodrigo M2.
1Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
2Centro de Salud Entreví­as. Área 1. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: Carlos Ochoa Sangrador. Email: cochoas@meditex.es
Reception date: 28/12/2010
Acceptance date: 04/01/2011
Publication date: 13/01/2011

How to cite this article

Ochoa Sangrador C, Aparicio Rodrigo M. Tabaquismo pasivo y enfermedad bacteriana invasiva: ¿otra razón para luchar contra el consumo de tabaco? Evid Pediatr. 2011;7:7.

References

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