Population prevalence of aspergillus sensitization and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in COPD subjects in North India

• Published in: Mycoses Vol. 67; no. 8; pp. e13784 - n/a
• Main Authors: Soundappan, Kathirvel, Muthu, Valliappan, Dhooria, Sahajal, Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh, Prasad, Kuruswamy Thurai, Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash Mandya, Chakrabarti, Arunaloke, Aggarwal, Ashutosh N., Agarwal, Ritesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2024
• Subjects: abpm; Adult; Aged; Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Antibodies, Fungal - blood; Aspergillosis; Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary - epidemiology; aspergillus fumigatus; Aspergillus fumigatus - immunology; bronchiectasis; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; COPD; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Immunoglobulin E; Immunoglobulin E - blood; Immunoglobulin G; India - epidemiology; Leukocytes (eosinophilic); Lung diseases; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; Respiratory function; Rural Population - statistics & numerical data; Urban Population - statistics & numerical data; India; aspergillus fumigatus; abpm; bronchiectasis; aspergillosis; COPD

Background Sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus (AS) has been recently described in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. However, there is no data on the community prevalence of AS in COPD. Objectives To assess the prevalence of AS among COPD subjects. The secondary objectives we...