BACTERIAL ALLERGY IN ALLERGIC RHINITIS AND BRONCHIAL-ASTHMA

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 42  (2) , 95-98
Abstract
Nineteen patients suffering from allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma were studied for bacterial allergy with Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Diplococcus pneumoniae [Streptococcus pneumoniae]. Allergy skin tests, provocative tests and the migratory inhibition factor assay were employed. Bacterial allergy is apparently more important than bacterial infection as a cause of allergic rhinitis and asthma in many instances. This is often overlooked by practicing allergists.