Allergic fungal sinusitis: Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Schubert, Mark S ^a,b  

^a Allergy Asthma Clinic Ltd   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic fungal sinusitis; Allergy; Aspergillus; Bipolaris spicifera; Dematiaceous fungi; Eosinophilic diseases; Fungal diseases treatment; MHC class II; Nasal polyp; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis; Superantigen; Type I immediate hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITRACONAZOLE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MUCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALLERGIC FUNGAL SINUSITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ATOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CURVULARIA LUNATA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; NOSE POLYP; PARANASAL SINUS; RHINOSINUSITIS; CASE MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIPOLARIS SPICIFERA; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; FUNGI;

CASE MANAGEMENT; FUNGI; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MYCOSES; PARANASAL SINUSES; SINUSITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651083807     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802314809     Document Type: Article

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