Low prevalence of allergy to cockroach and latex in asthmatic patients in Eskisehir (Anatolia), Turkey

Harmanci E., Metintas M., Alatas F., Erginel S., Mutlu S.

JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, cilt.10, sa.3, ss.162-165, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIONAL ALLERGOLOGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.162-165
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: allergy, cockroach, latex, asthma, Turkey, RISK-FACTORS, HYPERSENSITIVITY, SENSITIZATION, POPULATIONS
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Allergy to cockroach and latex are said to be causes of asthma particularly in same groups. We studied allergy to cockroach and latex in asthmatic patients from Eskisehir (Anatolia), Turkey in order to determine whether these allergens play an important role in the Anatolian region. A total of 216 asthmatic patients (mean age 43.7 +/- 11.0 years) were skin tested with common aeroallergens, Blatella germanica and latex. Sixty-three patients were allergic (29.1%) and 153 were nonallergic (70.8%) according to skin test results. Sensitization to pollens (57%) and mites (55.5%) was most common among allergic patients. We found a low sensitization to cockroach (4.7%) and latex (1.4%). We suggested that cockroach sensitization plays a small role in sensitization in our geographic area and that latex sensitization is low in allergic asthmatic patients who were referred for reasons other than latex-related symptoms.