Skin test reactivity to 2 recombinant Aspergillus fumigatus allergens in a fumigatus-sensitized asthmatic subjects allows diagnostic separation of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis from fungal sensitization

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 601-607

  Hemmann, Stefanie ^a   Menz, Günter ^b   Ismail, Chaim ^b   Blaser, Kurt ^a   Crameri, Reto ^a  

^a SWISS INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND ASTHMA RESEARCH SIAF   (Switzerland)

^b Hochgebirgsklinik Davos Wolfgang   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Allergy; Aspergillus fumigatus; IgE antibodies; ImmunoCAP; Recombinant allergens; Skin test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0032861728     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70330-1     Document Type: Article

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