Mold sensitization is common amongst patients with severe asthma requiring multiple hospital admissions

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 4
• Main Authors: O'Driscoll, B Ronan, Hopkinson, Linda C, Denning, David W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.02.2005; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adolescent; Adult; Allergens; Alternaria; Aspergillus; Asthma - microbiology; Asthma - pathology; Asthma - therapy; Candida; Cladosporium; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; Female; Fungi - pathogenicity; Hospitalization; Humans; Hypersensitivity; Male; Middle Aged; Patient Readmission; Penicillium; Severity of Illness Index; Skin Tests

Multiple studies have linked fungal exposure to asthma, but the link to severe asthma is controversial. We studied the relationship between asthma severity and immediate type hypersensitivity to mold (fungal) and non-mold allergens in 181 asthmatic subjects. We recruited asthma patients aged 16 to 6...