Allergy or asthma is triggered by inhaling allergens such as dust, mites, pet dander, pollens, and fungal molds. Samples were collected from various indoor environments including air conditioner filters, carpets, plant soil, living room air, pillow covers of residents in air-conditioned flats for screening the pollution their role allergies asthma. This study included 30 with school-aged childr...

The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fungal sensitization and to detect the IgE and eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) levels in the positive cases inhabiting in Kocaeli province (located in Northwest region of Turkey). The results of mixed fungus tests of 1.799 patients (870 male, 929 female) ages between 3-80 years old who were admitted to Kocaeli University Medical Fac...

Background: Latex allergy is a major occupational disease with prevalence nearly 5-17% among the health care workers. Objective: To determine the prevalence of latex glove allergy and its contributing factors among operation room staff. Patients and Methods: In this study, 512 operation room staff were evaluated for latex allergy, using a complete questionnaire. Those suspected to have latex al...

health care impact. This review focuses on factors contributing to sinusitis pathogenesis and chronicity, including anatomic factors, disturbances in mucociliary clearance, microbial pathogens, and inflammatory factors. A distinction is made between “infectious” and “noninfectious” types of inflammation in chronic sinusitis. The inflammatory characteristics of noninfectious inflammation are rev...

malignancies. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011;66:371–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkq450 4. De Pauw B, Walsh TJ, Donnelly JP, Stevens DA, Edwards JE, Calandra T, et al. Revised definitions of invasive fungal disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycos...

As principal investigator of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored Mycoses Study Group for the past 27 years, I have been fortunate to play a role in the many advances in the field of clinical mycology and antifungal therapy. For the Finland lecture, I will briefly discuss the development of the Mycoses Study Group, provide an overview of the currently available an...

Airborne biological allergens trigger an allergic response required for the development of atopic disease. Biological allergens are released into the air by wind, rain and active discharge mechanisms. In this review article an attempt has been made to evaluate the published literature on prevalence and types of air borne allergens in India. Important pollen allergens reported from India were: P...