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ABSTRACT: Background
Bronchiolitis is associated with a greater risk of developing recurrent wheezing, but with currently available tools, it is impossible to know which infants with bronchiolitis will develop this condition. This preliminary prospective study aimed to assess whether urine metabolomic analysis can be used to identify children with bronchiolitis who are at risk of developing recurrent wheezing.Methods
Fifty-two infants <1 year old treated in the emergency department at University Hospital of Padova for acute bronchiolitis were enrolled (77% tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus [RSV]). Follow-up visits were conducted for 2 years after the episode of bronchiolitis. Untargeted metabolomic analyses based on mass spectrometry were performed on urine samples collected from infants with acute bronchiolitis. Data modeling was based on univariate and multivariate data analyses.Results
We distinguished children with and those without postbronchiolitis recurrent wheeze, defined as ?3 episodes of physician-diagnosed wheezing. Pathway overrepresentation analysis pointed to a major involvement of the citric acid cycle (P < .001) and some amino acids (lysine, cysteine, and methionine; P ? .015) in differentiating between these 2 groups of children.Conclusion
This is the first study showing that metabolomic profiling of urine specimens from infants with bronchiolitis can be used to identify children at increased risk of developing recurrent wheezing.
SUBMITTER: Barlotta A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7107429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barlotta Alessia A Pirillo Paola P Stocchero Matteo M Donato Filippo F Giordano Giuseppe G Bont Louis L Zanconato Stefania S Carraro Silvia S Baraldi Eugenio E
The Journal of infectious diseases 20190401 8
<h4>Background</h4>Bronchiolitis is associated with a greater risk of developing recurrent wheezing, but with currently available tools, it is impossible to know which infants with bronchiolitis will develop this condition. This preliminary prospective study aimed to assess whether urine metabolomic analysis can be used to identify children with bronchiolitis who are at risk of developing recurrent wheezing.<h4>Methods</h4>Fifty-two infants <1 year old treated in the emergency department at Univ ...[more]