Differential diagnosis of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis
| Autor: | Berrylin J. Ferguson, John C. Sok |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Allergy Immunology Omalizumab Diagnosis Differential Eosinophilia Eosinophilic Hypersensitivity medicine Animals Humans Immunology and Allergy Sinusitis Rhinitis Superantigens Aspirin biology business.industry Fungi respiratory system medicine.disease Pathophysiology Eosinophils Mycoses Chronic Disease Etiology biology.protein Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom Antibody business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Current Allergy and Asthma Reports. 6:203-214 |
| ISSN: | 1534-6315 1529-7322 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11882-006-0036-1 |
| Popis: | Eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) encompasses a wide variety of etiologies. To date, a unifying pathophysiologic mechanism remains elusive. Eosinophilia is frequently, but not exclusively, caused by immunoglobulin (Ig)E-mediated hypersensitivity and is dominated by the associated cytokine milieu of Th2 inflammation. The provisional subcategories of ECRS include superantigen-induced eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis, allergic fungal sinusitis, nonallergic fungal eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis, and aspirin-exacerbated eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis. Within each subcategory, recent findings supporting distinct mechanisms that promote eosinophilic infiltration are presented, and, therefore, targeted therapeutic interventions with specific antibacterial, antifungal, or immune modulation may be indicated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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