ROLE OF ASPERGILLUS AND CANDIDA SPECIES IN ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY MYCOSES - COMPARATIVE-STUDY

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 60  (5) , 235-242
Abstract
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and allergic bronchopulmonary candidiasis (ABPC) was diagnosed in 20 and 13 [human] cases, respectively, with 1 case in common, on the basis of laboratory and clinical findings. Most of the ABPA cases (60%) diagnosed had an early onset of respiratory symptoms, i.e., below the age of 30 yr, while most of ABPC cases (69%) had a late onset of respiratory symptoms, i.e., after the age of 30 yr. The precipitin bands in ABPA and ABPC were R-type and H-type, respectively. ABPA and ABPC may be independent of one another in origin as suggested by specific precipitins and dual skin reaction. In ABPA, A. fumigatus may be the primary causal organism although the contributory role of other species of Aspergillus, which include A. flavus, A. nidulans, A. terreus and A. niger, is evident. Allergic bronchopulmonary mycoses (ABPM) could be caused by several fungal species independently or jointly belonging to the genera Aspergillus and Candida.

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