Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

R Agarwal - Chest, 2009 - Elsevier
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an immunologic pulmonary disorder
caused by hypersensitivity to Aspergillus fumigatus. Clinically, a patient presents with …

Severe asthma with fungal sensitization

R Agarwal - Current allergy and asthma reports, 2011 - Springer
A new phenotype of asthma has been described recently, namely severe asthma with fungal
sensitization (SAFS). SAFS can be conceptualized as a continuum of fungal sensitization …

An official American Thoracic Society statement: treatment of fungal infections in adult pulmonary and critical care patients

AH Limper, KS Knox, GA Sarosi, NM Ampel… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
With increasing numbers of immune-compromised patients with malignancy, hematologic
disease, and HIV, as well as those receiving immunosupressive drug regimens for the …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: lessons from 126 patients attending a chest clinic in north India

R Agarwal, D Gupta, AN Aggarwal, D Behera… - Chest, 2006 - Elsevier
Aims and objectives To describe the experience of screening patients with asthma for
allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) presenting to a chest clinic. The clinical …

Severe asthma and fungi: current evidence

R Agarwal, D Gupta - Medical mycology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Bronchial asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways which may be worsened due to
numerous extrinsic factors. The most common trigger is continuous exposure to allergens of …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in India

R Agarwal, IS Sehgal, V Muthu, R Dhar… - Clinical & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a lung disorder caused by immune‐
mediated reactions mounted against Aspergillus fumigatus. The disorder most commonly …

Association of polymorphisms in the collagen region of SP-A2 with increased levels of total IgE antibodies and eosinophilia in patients with allergic bronchopulmonary …

S Saxena, T Madan, A Shah, K Muralidhar… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Studies from our group have shown a protective role of pulmonary surfactant
protein A (SP-A) against lung allergy and infections caused by Aspergillus fumigatus …

Eight‐year study of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in an Indian teaching hospital

A Chakrabarti, S Sethi, DSV Raman, D Behera - Mycoses, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
A total of 651 patients with clinically suspected allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
(ABPA) were evaluated during the 8‐year period from January 1991 to December 1998 …

Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis-pathophysiology, histology, diagnosis, and treatment

K Asano, K Kamei, A Hebisawa - Asia Pacific Allergy, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) develops mainly in patients with asthma or
cystic fibrosis via types I and III hypersensitivity reactions to filamentous fungi. Aspergillus …

Clinical significance of Aspergillus sensitisation in bronchial asthma

R Agarwal, V Noel, AN Aggarwal, D Gupta… - Mycoses, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous studies have suggested a link between fungal sensitisation and severity of
asthma. However, few studies have specifically evaluated the relationship between …