title: [Storage mite sensitivity and related factors in asthmatic patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the study was to investigate the storage mite sensitivity and related factors in patients with asthma or asthma and rhinitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  149 patients with asthma or asthma and rhinitis were included to the study. Prick test was performed after addition of Acarus siro (A. siro), Lepidoglyphus destructor (L. destructor), Glycophagus domesticus (G. domesticus) and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (T. putrescentiae) to the standart prick test. Living conditions, smoking history, allergic diseases status, seasonal variations in symptoms were evaluated by a questionnaire. Besides, respiratory screening spesific IgE, L. destructor spesific IgE was examined in a group of patients who were allergic to storage mites according to prick tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prick test results showed that; 115 of the patients were sensitized while 34 of them were not. House dust mite sensitivity was detected as mite 58.3%.The storage mite sensitivity for at least one of the studied species was detected in 61.7% of patients. The sensitivity rates were 50.4%, 48.7%, 47%, %40 for A. siro, L. destructor, G. domesticus and T. putrescentiae, respectively. The storage mite sensivity was found higher in the patients from the rural areas (p< 0.05). L. destructor IgE positiveness was detected in 9.1% of the group that antibody levels were examined. Positive reaction was detected for at least one of the storage mite species in %22.7 of the patients who were considered as not sensitized according to the results of the standart prick tests.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As a result, storage mites are important allergens in subjects who live in rural areas and close contact with barn, haymow, bin and pantry. Addition of storage mite allergens to the standart prick test panel of patients living in rural area is suitable.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Chest Diseases, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. drserdarakpinar@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akpınar
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canbakan
authors.forename: Dilşad
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mungan
authors.forename: Yılmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Başer
authors.forename: Evrim Eylem
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Akpınar
mesh_terms: D040041:Acaridae; D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000276:immunology; D012882:Skin Tests
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens