Bronchial asthma triggered by house dust mites in patients with local allergic rhinitis

Autor: Maria Jose Rodriguez, Maria Salas, Paloma Campo, Miguel Ángel Álvarez González, Cristobalina Mayorga, Carmen Rondon, Ana Molina, Natalia Pérez-Sánchez, Ibon Eguiluz-Gracia, Maria del Carmen Plaza-Serón, María José Torres
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Allergy.
ISSN: 1398-9995
0105-4538
Popis: BACKGROUND Over 30% of local allergic rhinitis (LAR) patients self-report bronchial symptoms suggestive of asthma, but the relationship between the allergen exposure and the bronchial symptoms has not been studied. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether a bronchial counterpart of LAR exists. METHODS Patients were classified by clinical history, skin prick test/serum specific IgE (sIgE), and nasal allergen provocation test (NAPT) into the LAR, allergic rhinitis (AR), and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) phenotypes. Twenty-eight LAR, 18 AR, and 19 NAR patients self-reporting bronchial symptoms suggestive of asthma and 8 healthy controls (HC) were subjected to a methacholine test (MT) before (Visit 1) and 24 hours after (Visit 3) a bronchial provocation test with Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (BPT-DP) (Visit 2). Induced sputum and peripheral blood obtained after each MT were analyzed for immune cell populations, tryptase, ECP, and sIgE. RESULTS A positive MT was found in 50% of LAR, 83.3% of AR, 57.89% of NAR, and 0% of HC individuals (P = 0.022 AR vs LAR) at V1. BPT-DP was positive in 8 LAR and 15 AR patients (28% vs 83.3%, P
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