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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2021

Successful Treatment with Benralizumab for Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis That Developed after Disastrous Heavy Rainfall in Western Japan.

Hiroaki Matsuura, Keiichi Fujiwara, Hiroki Omori, Kiriko Onishi, Tadahiro Kuribayashi, Sho Mitsumune, Yuki Takigawa, Kenichiro Kudo, Daisuke Minami, Akiko Sato and 2 more

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hiroaki MatsuuraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Keiichi FujiwaraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Hiroki OmoriDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Kiriko OnishiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Tadahiro KuribayashiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Sho MitsumuneDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Yuki TakigawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Kenichiro KudoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Daisuke MinamiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Akiko SatoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Ken SatoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
Takuo ShibayamaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center, Japan.
National Hospital Organization · JPOkayama Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report a 56-year-old woman who developed allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) possibly due to fungal exposure after disastrous heavy rainfall in Western Japan in 2018. She was diagnosed with ABPA complicated with asthma, increased peripheral blood eosinophil count, elevation of specific immunoglobulin E for Aspergillus fumigatus, positive Aspergillus fumigatus precipitation antibody reaction test results, and notable chest computed tomography findings. After treatment with benralizumab, her symptoms, peripheral blood eosinophil count, radiological findings, and respiratory function dramatically improved. The administration of benralizumab appears to be an effective treatment strategy for ABPA.

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Aspergillosis, Allergic BronchopulmonaryAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAspergillus fumigatusFemaleHumansJapanMiddle AgedAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedbenralizumaballergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosisAspergillus fumigatusbenralizumabbronchial asthmaheavy rainfall

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PMID33191330
PMCPMC8170259
OpenAlexW3098919472

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