Fungal allergens

The role and abatement of fungal allergens in allergic diseases.

Sensitivity to a variety of fungi is known to be a factor in allergic rhinitis and asthma. In this review methods for measuring exposure to fungi in the indoor environment are evaluated. A variety of markers for the presence of fungi are also described in addition to their known relationship to either toxic or adverse immunologic effects. Key studies documenting the clinical effects of differen...

Sensitization to fungal allergens: Resolved and unresolved issues.

Exposure and sensitization to fungal allergens can promote the development and worsening of allergic diseases. Although numerous species of fungi have been associated with allergic diseases in the literature, the significance of fungi from the genera Alternaria, Cladosporium, Penicillium, Aspergillus, and Malassezia has been well documented. However, it should be emphasized that the contributio...

prevalence of fungal allergens in respiratory allergic patients in ahvaz city, southwest iran

patients and methods in this cross sectional study, 295 volunteers with the signs and symptoms of allergic diseases who referred to the khuzestan jahad daneshgahi medical center in ahvaz during 2010 were investigated. all patients were subjected to skin prick test (spt) with common allergenic extracts. data were analyzed by spss-18 software using chi square test. results seventy subjects, compr...

Assessment of allergenicity to fungal allergens of Rohtak city, Haryana, India

Fungal spores are known as one of the important bioparticles causing allergic manifestation in human beings. Hence, knowledge of season and prevalence of the airborne allergens to which the patients are exposed is a prerequisite for proper diagnosis and treatment of allergic disorders in hypersensitive individuals. Keeping this in view, aerial survey was performed in the atmosphere of Rohtak ci...

Allergens Production Induced by Inhaled Fungal IL-6 Is Required for Airway Mucus