IgG antibodies, chronic bronchitis, and pulmonary function values in farmer's lung patients and matched controls
| Autor: | M Reiman, J I Kokkarinen, H. Tukiainen, Erkki O. Terho, R Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Spirometry
Adult Male Chronic bronchitis Immunology Serology medicine Environmental Microbiology Immunology and Allergy Humans Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula Bronchitis Lung Antibodies Fungal Aged biology medicine.diagnostic_test Farmer's lung food and beverages Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Titer Immunoglobulin G Chronic Disease Farmer's Lung biology.protein Female Antibody |
| Zdroj: | Allergy. 54(11) |
| ISSN: | 0105-4538 |
| Popis: | We measured IgG antibody levels against eight different microbes in farmer's lung (FL) patients an average of 14 years after the first diagnosed episode of FL and in matched controls. The study population consisted of 87 FL patients and 81 control farmers, matched by age, sex, and smoking habits. Clinical studies included the measurement of IgG antibody levels against Absidia corymbifera, Aspergillus umbrosus, A. fumigatus, Humicola grisea, Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula, Penicillium brevicompactum, Rhodotorula glutinis, and Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, in addition to spirometry, pulmonary diffusing capacity (DL(CO)), and the evaluation of chronic bronchitis. Median IgG antibody levels were two or more times higher in FL patients than control farmers against Ab. corymbifera, S. rectivirgula, and T. vulgaris (P |
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