PMID- 23536137
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141021
LR  - 20220316
IS  - 1434-4726 (Electronic)
IS  - 0937-4477 (Linking)
VI  - 270
IP  - 12
DP  - 2013 Nov
TI  - The prevalence of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis in sinonasal polyposis.
PG  - 3095-8
LID - 10.1007/s00405-013-2449-5 [doi]
AB  - Allergic fungal sinusitis (AFS) is a noninvasive form of fungal rhinosinusitis 
      with a prevalence of 6-9 % among all rhinosinusitis cases requiring surgery. The 
      fungi causing AFRS have a great diversity and regional variation in the incidence 
      of AFS has been reported worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 
      prevalence of AFS among rhinosinusitis patients in the north east of Iran. In a 
      prospective cross-sectional study 127 patients with sinonasal polyposis who were 
      candidates for surgery were recruited. All cases were evaluated by sinonasal CT 
      scan, Prick test for common regional allergens, total serum immunoglobulin E 
      (IgE) level, and allergic mucin culture for fungi in suspected cases. Data 
      analyses were done using SPSS version 13.0. Their mean age was 37.4 +/- 11.6 years, 
      the male-to-female ratio was 69/58. Eleven patients (9.45 %) met the AFS 
      criteria. Nine cases had a positive culture for Aspergillus specimen and three 
      for Alternaria. Prick test was positive for at least one allergen in 28 cases 
      (22.05 %). The most common allergen was weed. The total IgE level was 
      significantly higher in AFS patients. This study showed the prevalence of AFS 
      among patients with nasal polyposis to be 9.45 %.
FAU - Bakhshaee, Mehdi
AU  - Bakhshaee M
AD  - Ear, Nose and Throat Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, 
      Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
FAU - Fereidouni, Mohammad
AU  - Fereidouni M
FAU - Mohajer, Morteza Nourollahian
AU  - Mohajer MN
FAU - Majidi, Mohammad Reza
AU  - Majidi MR
FAU - Azad, Farahzad Jabbari
AU  - Azad FJ
FAU - Moghiman, Toktam
AU  - Moghiman T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130328
PL  - Germany
TA  - Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol
JT  - European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European 
      Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the 
      German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
JID - 9002937
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/immunology
MH  - Iran/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Mycoses/diagnostic imaging/*epidemiology/immunology
MH  - Nasal Polyps/diagnostic imaging/immunology/*microbiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Rhinitis/diagnostic imaging/epidemiology/immunology/*microbiology
MH  - Sinusitis/diagnostic imaging/epidemiology/immunology/*microbiology
MH  - Skin Tests
MH  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
EDAT- 2013/03/29 06:00
MHDA- 2014/10/22 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/29 06:00
PHST- 2012/11/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/03/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/03/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/10/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s00405-013-2449-5 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2013 Nov;270(12):3095-8. doi: 
      10.1007/s00405-013-2449-5. Epub 2013 Mar 28.