Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children and Adults: Burden and Management

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Upper Respiratory Tract Infections in Children and Adults: Burden and Management

A narrative summary of selected presentations that took place on 11th–12th May 2017, as part of the Encuentro Latinoamericano de Infecciones Respiratorias Recurrentes (ELAIR) educational event in Mexico City, Mexico

Speakers: Ricardo L. Marengo,1 Alberto Ciceran,2 Blanca E. Del Río Navarro3

1. University Institute CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
3. Allergy department, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico

Disclosure: The authors have received honoraria from OM/Vifor Pharma Company as regional experts and presenters at the ELAIR summit, Mexico City, Mexico. Prof Ortega Martell has received speaker fees from OM Pharma, Grunenthal Mexico, AstraZeneca, UCB, and Sanofi Aventis.
Acknowledgements: Writing assistance was provided by Ewen Legg, Halcyon Medical Writing, Thurso, UK.
Support: The publication of this article was funded by OM/Vifor Pharma. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of OM/Vifor Pharma.
Citation: EMJ Respir. 2017;[Suppl 14]:22-28.

Meeting Summary

The third Encuentro Latinoamericano de Infecciones Respiratorias Recurrentes (ELAIR) took place in Mexico City, Mexico, on 11th–12th May 2017. ELAIR brought together experts from across Latin America and further afield, continuing an extraordinary didactic exercise on the cutting-edge advances of respiratory medicine. Impressive progress has been made in the past 15 years, with new treatments available to manage and prevent airway infections. It remains to be seen how this might affect the related conditions of wheezing and asthma in predisposed and sensitised subjects. However, early data suggest that lower respiratory infection rates may reduce the development of the above conditions which are closely related to viral infections. Immunomodulators that both prime the immune system to fight infection and reduce inflammation are likely to play a major role in secondary and even potentially primary prevention of atopic diseases.

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