Fungal sensitization in childhood persistent asthma is associated with disease severity

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Vicencio, Alfin G ^a   Santiago, Maria Teresa ^a   Tsirilakis, Kalliope ^a   Stone, Anne ^b   Worgall, Stefan ^b   Foley, Elizabeth A ^a   Bush, Douglas ^a   Goldman, David L ^c  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

allergy; eosinophil; fungi

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNARIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CANDIDA; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNGAL SENSITIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SETOMELANOMMA; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA;

ALLERGY; EOSINOPHIL; FUNGI;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LUNG; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890561686     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22779     Document Type: Article

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