RESULTS:
Out of 96 children, 60 children (62%) are males with maximum incidence
on subjects of 53 (55.2%) in age group 2-6months. Fever, cough and
rhinorrhoea are the major presenting complaints apart from
breathlessness. Among 96 children 37 children (38.5%) had high serum
IgE out of which 17 developed wheeze in 1 year of follow up. 27 (28.2%)
had raised AEC, out of which 10 had wheeze in follow up. Out of 10
children who had raised IgE and AEC, 3 had wheeze on follow up. 34
(35.4%) children had positive RSV PCR, 14 children had wheeze in follow
up.