Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in Italian cystic fibrosis patients: Prevalence and percentage of positive tests in the employed diagnostic criteria

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 837-842

  Taccetti, Giovanni ^a   Procopio, Elena ^a   Marianelli, Lore ^a   Campana, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Cystic fibrosis; Diagnostic criteria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; SEROLOGY; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0034466783     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007670717619     Document Type: Article

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