Allergy to Alternaria. I. Clinical aspects

Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 1993 Jan-Feb;21(1):15-9.

Abstract

We studied 66 patients allergic to mould Alternaria. 53% males and 47% females, with 60% diagnosed as having asthma versus 40% rhinitis, only 29% had allergy to Alternaria without any other cutaneous reactivity while 71% were polisensitized, more frequently to D. pteronyssinus, grass pollen, Cladosporium and cat epithelium. We compared the patients allergic to Alternaria with those allergic to grass pollen and D. pteronyssinus.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Allergens / immunology*
  • Alternaria / immunology*
  • Animals
  • Cats / immunology
  • Child
  • Cladosporium / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mites / immunology
  • Pollen / immunology
  • Random Allocation
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity / epidemiology
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Sex Factors
  • Spores, Fungal

Substances

  • Allergens