[Clinical and laboratory features of 100 patients with perennial allergic rhinitis].
100 patient records were studied with a clinical diagnosis of perennial allergic rhinitis; they were 66 women and 34 men, with a range of 28.6 years old. The cutaneous tests were positive to pollens in 78% of the cases, fungus 39%, inhalables 39%, Dermatophagoides 19% and bacterial 7%. In the nasal mucous culture the following germs were isolated: S epidermidis 49%, S aureus 25%, Neisseria sp 15%, Corynebacterium 2%, P mirabilis 1% and E coli 1%. The nasal cytology was positive in 25% of the cases for the presence of eosinophils, and was negative in 75%. In only 27% of the patients eosinophil was found in the peripheric blood. The results are commented and the utility of the cultivation of nasal mucous and of the cytology of nasal mucous in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis is discussed.
Segura Méndez
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Servicio de inmunología clinica y alergia, Hospital de Especialidades del Centro Médico Nacional Sigio XXI, IMSS, México.
Martínez Diéguez
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Cisneros González
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D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens / Q000009:adverse effects; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012221:Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D012882:Skin Tests
D000485:Allergens