Trichoderma harzianum: occurrence in the air and clinical significance

Autor:	Swati Gupta-Bhattacharya, Shaonli Das
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Allergy biology Immunology Skin sensitization Trichoderma harzianum Plant Science Fungus biology.organism_classification Immunoglobulin E medicine.disease Microbiology Filamentous fungus Biopesticide biology.protein medicine Immunology and Allergy Clinical significance
Zdroj:	Aerobiologia. 25:137-145
ISSN:	1573-3025 0393-5965
Popis:	Trichoderma harzianum, a filamentous fungus, is being widely used as a potential biopesticide. The potential of this fungus in causing skin sensitization, however, was poorly investigated as yet. The objective of this study was to monitor the occurrence of T. harzianum in the air and to explore its skin sensitizing potential. Seasonal periodicity of T. harzianum was studied for the years 2002–2004 by an Andersen air sampler. The skin sensitizing potential of T. harzianum extract was studied in 389 patients with suspected respiratory allergy by skin prick test (SPT) and specific IgE level was determined by ELISA. SDS–PAGE and immunoblotting were also performed. T. harzianum colony count varied from 3.69 to 134.88 CFU m−3 with the peak achieved in February. Relative humidity was found to be a significant (P
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