A case of sinobronchial allergic mycosis; possibility of basidiomycetous fungi as a causative antigen

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-62

  Ogawa, Haruhiko ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Takeuchi, Yasuo ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^d  

^a Ishikawaken Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis; Allergic fungal cough; Allergic fungal sinusitis; Basidiomycetous fungi; Sinobronchial allergic mycosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLENBUTEROL; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; ITRACONAZOLE; PRANLUKAST; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; STEROID;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS DISEASE; BRONCHUS TONE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MYCOSIS BY BASIDIOMYCETES; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE VELUTINA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SINOBRONCHIAL ALLERGIC MYCOSIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BRONCHITIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MYCOSES; PHANEROCHAETE; SINUSITIS;

EID: 78651251099     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4234     Document Type: Article

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