title: Bronchial and bronchoalveolar lavage after allergen challenge in atopic patients.
abstract: Twenty patients with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma sensitised to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus were studied. On two consecutive days they underwent methacholine challenge and allergen bronchial challenge. 72 h after allergen challenge, fibreoptic bronchoscopy with bronchial (BL) and bronchoalveolar (BAL) lavage was performed. Specific IgE antibodies were measured both in serum and in BL from 14 patients. Both BAL and BL cell differentials were similar in patients with isolated early response to allergen and in patients with dual response. Patients with dual response to allergen showed higher levels of antigen specific IgE antibodies in BL than patients with isolated early response, while IgE levels in serum were similar in the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Medicina dello Sport, Ospedale San Martino, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Crimi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lantero
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oddera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonavia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crimi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gianiorio
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brusasco
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001985:Bronchial Provocation Tests; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E