Pattern of skin sensitivity to various aeroallergens in patients of bronchial asthma and/or allergic rhinitis in India

Determination of aerobiological flora associated with allergic rhinitis by Skin Prick Test in a tertiary care hospital in the West Coast of Southern India

“…In the same study conducted in Delhi, it was concluded amongst the insects tested, mosquitos showed a sensitivity in 31.92% sensitivity; amongst the fungi tested, A. fumigatus and Candida were positive in 4.25% and 1.53% subjects respectively. 7 In the present study, unlike the reported finding from the Delhi study, 7 only 7.2% of subjects were sensitive to mosquitos, 14.7% were sensitive to A. fumigatus and 6% to Candida, which depicts a lower sensitivity to mosquitos and a higher sensitivity to fungi. The study area is endemic to mosquitos.…”

“…This is in contrast to a study conducted in New Delhi which concluded that Chenopodium was found to be sensitive in only 1.53% of cases. 7 In this study it was found that male cockroach was the most common allergen (31%). In the current study, in subjects with AR, SPT was positive for Pollens (50%) were followed by Dust (42.2%), Insects (38.8%), Fungi (34.5%), Mites (10.3%), and Dog Dander (7.7%).…”

A study on allergen sensitivity in patients with allergic rhinitis in Bangalore, India

“…In the present study, the commonest allergen was the dust mite (44.65 per cent), followed by pollens (6.15 per cent), dust (5.06 per cent), insects (2.11 per cent), fungi (1.72 per cent) and epithelia (1.23 per cent). Table III compares the allergen sensitivity findings in this study with those of other studies 7 – 9 . The variation in the allergen-positive results across the different studies may be due to the use of different allergen extracts and/or grading criteria.…”

Exploring the effect of presence and type of allergen sensitization on fractional exhaled nitric oxide, immunoglobulin E, and interleukins 4, 5, and 13 among asthmatics

“…The prevalence of FA and AA sensitization in the present study was 46.30% and 78.3%, respectively. This is in agreement with a previous study by Kumar et al .,[ 24 ] where AA sensitization was present in 449 of 613 (or 73.3% of) asthmatics.…”