title: Respiratory allergy in Mexican patients with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  the purpose of this study was to investigate the presence of respiratory allergy in 30 Mexican patients bearing cystic fibrosis (CF).
  
  
  RESULTS
  all patients completed a clinical history, had a physical examination, total serum IgE, nasal and blood eosinophils determinations and evaluation of skin prick tests for 36 allergens. In 26.6% of the patients included in the study was detected respiratory allergy diagnosed on clinical and laboratory analyses. Skin prick tests of 11 (36.6%) of the patients were positive to at least one allergen and Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) was the most frequently observed allergen in 23% of the cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  we have demonstrated in this study that Mexican patients also present a coexistence of respiratory allergy in patients bearing CF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico. ctl1@soton.ac.uk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torres-Lozano
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Núñez-Núñez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pedroza-Meléndez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lezana F
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Huerta-López
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000276:immunology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E