title: Allergy to Alternaria. I. Clinical aspects.
abstract: We studied 66 patients allergic to mould Alternaria. 53% males and 47% females, with 60% diagnosed as having asthma versus 40% rhinitis, only 29% had allergy to Alternaria without any other cutaneous reactivity while 71% were polisensitized, more frequently to D. pteronyssinus, grass pollen, Cladosporium and cat epithelium. We compared the patients allergic to Alternaria with those allergic to grass pollen and D. pteronyssinus.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Unit of Allergy, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Granel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tapias
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Randazzo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anglada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivé
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology*; D000528:Alternaria / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology; D011058:Pollen / Q000276:immunology; D011897:Random Allocation; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013172:Spores, Fungal
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens