https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1416

Prevalence of aspergillus skin hypersensitivity in allergic rhinitis

Vol. 91 No. 3 (2021)
Submitted: May 28, 2020
Accepted: March 2, 2021
Published: March 9, 2021
Allergic rhinitis, Aspergillus fumigatus, skin prick test
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Monika Bansal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-0338
Junior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Komaldeep Kaur
Senior resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, India.
Aditi Gupta
Assistant professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, India.
Deepak Goyal
dggoyald@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-5139
Medical officer, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TB Hospital, Government Medical College, PatialaPunjab., India.
Nidhi Girdhar
Junior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Vishal Chopra
Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, India.
Sanjeev Bhagat
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5685-0421
Professor and Head, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Patiala, India.
Akhil D. Goel
Assistant professor, Department of Community medicine and Family medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic allergen specific, IgE-mediated hypersensitivity disorder which significantly impairs the quality of life in affected patients. Many aeroallergens and molds are responsible for AR. This study was  conducted to find prevalence of Aspergillus fumigatus skin hypersensitivity in patients of AR by skin prick test (SPT).  150 clinically diagnosed AR patients visiting our OPD were enrolled. Skin hypersensitivity for Aspergillus f. was done by SPT in all the enrolled patients. Chi square test and Student’s t-test were applied for statistical analysis. Out of 150 patients, 60 (40%) were positive for Aspergillus fumigatus SPT. Majority of the positive patients had persistent AR and among those 39/60 (65%) had moderate to severe persistent AR and 12/60 (20%) had mild persistent AR.  Our study concluded that there is high (40%) prevalence of Aspergillus f. skin hypersensitivity among AR patients. The hypersensitivity to Aspergillus f. was found more in severe AR patients and it was statistically significant.

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Bansal, Monika, Komaldeep Kaur, Aditi Gupta, Deepak Goyal, Nidhi Girdhar, Vishal Chopra, Sanjeev Bhagat, and Akhil D. Goel. 2021. “Prevalence of Aspergillus Skin Hypersensitivity in Allergic Rhinitis”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 91 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1416.
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