Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in asthmatic patients presenting with allergic rhinitis.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in asthmatic patients presenting with allergic rhinitis.
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患有过敏性鼻炎的哮喘患者的过敏性支气管肺曲霉病。
DOI:
10.1159/000233980
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发表时间:
1986
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通讯作者:
Patterson,R
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作者:
Grammer,LC;Greenberger,PA;Patterson,R
The early diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is important because it may allow prevention of evolution to the fibrotic lung disease stage (stage V). In two immunotherapy studies of 62 patients recruited for allergic rhinitis, we conducted studies to exclude ABPA in any subject with asthma and positive immediate skin reactivity toAspergillus fumigatus.The evaluation included serum precipitating antibodies againstA. fumigatus,total serum IgE, blood eosinophilia, serum IgE and IgG antibody indices againstA. fumigatus,and chest X-rays. Three of the 62 patients (5%) had features indicative of ABPA. This finding underscores the importance of excluding the diagnosis of ABPA in all asthmatics with skin reactivity toA. fumigatus, even if the patients major initial complaint is allergic rhinitis.