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ReviewCurrent allergy and asthma reports2011

Severe asthma with fungal sensitization.

Ritesh Agarwal

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Review in Current allergy and asthma reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Systemic azoles for asthma with fungal sensitisation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026
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  9. Current medical mycology · 2024
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  10. Clinical Manifestations of Human Exposure to Fungi.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  16. The Role of Comorbidities in Difficult-to-Control Asthma in Adults and Children.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2022
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  17. Therapeutic Approaches for CombatingCurrent drug targets · 2022
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  19. Identification of key genes in allergic rhinitis by bioinformatics analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2021
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  20. Novel Mouse Models of Fungal Asthma.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ritesh AgarwalDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India. riteshpgi@gmail.com

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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, with asthma at one end and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis at the other. It is diagnosed by the presence of severe asthma, fungal sensitization, and exclusion of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Because of the paucity of data and ambiguity in diagnostic criteria, SAFS is currently more of a diagnosis of exclusion than a specific entity. Treatment of SAFS initially should be similar to that of severe asthma, including the use of omalizumab. The potential role of itraconazole as a specific therapy in SAFS requires more evidence before it can be incorporated in routine practice. An urgent need exists for data regarding the prevalence, natural history, and clinical relevance of SAFS so that its exact characterization and importance as a specific subtype of asthma can be clearly defined. This review summarizes the current understanding of the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of SAFS.

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Aspergillosis, Allergic BronchopulmonaryAsthmaAnimalsAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Anti-IdiotypicAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntifungal AgentsHumansItraconazoleOmalizumabSeverity of Illness IndexAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAntibodies, Anti-IdiotypicAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntifungal AgentsItraconazoleOmalizumab

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