title: [Observations on the airborne fungi and their relationship to asthmatic patients in Shenyang Maluwan area].
abstract: From July 1990 to June, observations were made of the type and amount of fungi present in the air, in the Maluwan District of Shenyang City, using dish-exposure and slide-exposure as method of detection. 954 colonies of fungi were isolated with dish-exposure, consisting of 47 species; and 11,033 fungi spores were collected with the slide-exposure. Skin tests were made using 13 species of fungi allergen for 114 cases of asthmatic patients, the positive rate was 73.7%. A special desensitization therapy was given to 103 cases of asthmatic patients, the total effective rate was 86.4%, while antiasthma drugs gave an effective rate of 41.1% (P < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: PLA 202 Hospital.
authors.forename: F Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000391:Air Microbiology; D000485:Allergens; D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D000946:Antigens, Fungal