Cut-off values of serum IgE (total and A. fumigatus -specific) and eosinophil count in differentiating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis from asthma

Mycoses

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 659-663

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Garg, Mandeep ^a   Saikia, Biman ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

ABPA; Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis; Aspergillus fumigatus; Bronchiectasis; Computed tomography; Cystic fibrosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PRECIPITIN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907953365     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12214     Document Type: Article

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