An investigation of aeroallergens affecting urban Malaysian asthmatics.
We investigated the aeroallergens affecting 200 asthmatics from the University Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and found 164 (82%) patients with skin prick test (SPT) reactivity to one or more of a panel of 14 allergens, which included indoor and outdoor animal and plant aeroallergens. Reactivity was most frequent to the indoor airborne allergens, with 159 (79.5%) reacting to either or both house dust mite (Dermatophagoides) species and 87 (43.5%) to cockroach. The SPT reactivity to house dust mites corresponded with the finding that patients found house dust to be the main precipitant of asthmatic attacks.
Institute of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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D000388:Air; D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology*; D002415:Cats; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000276:immunology; D004285:Dogs; D004391:Dust; D006197:Hair / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008296:Malaysia; D008925:Mites / Q000276:immunology; D006109:Poaceae / Q000276:immunology; D011058:Pollen / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests; D014197:Trees / Q000276:immunology
D000485:Allergens; D004391:Dust