[Perennial rhinitis due to bacterial allergy (author's transl)].
Bacterial allergy causing perennial rhinitis remains a controversial nosological entity. Clinically, however, many cases of perennial rhinopathy do fit into the definition of this disease, and may represent a late stage of earlier inhalant allergy. It is characterized by positive delayed (type IV) skin tests with bacterial extracts as well as by a pronounced tendency to oedema and polyp formation. Topically applied steroids seem to provide sufficient prophylactic protection. Acute bacterial infections or any nasal surgery, however, require antibiotic treatment.
D000336:Aerosols; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D012882:Skin Tests; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014020:Tissue Extracts
D000336:Aerosols; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013256:Steroids; D014020:Tissue Extracts; D007073:Immunoglobulin E
Infektallergische Rhinopathie.