Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in cystic fibrosis

P Laufer, JN Fink, WT Bruns, GF Unger… - Journal of Allergy and …, 1984 - Elsevier
One hundred patients with CF were screened for ABPA. Forty-eight male patients and 52
female patients with an age range of 2 to 34 yr (mean 14.2) were studied. Patients were
evaluated for skin reactivity and serum precipitating antibodies to Af, predominant sputum
organisms, total blood eosinophil levels, total serum IgE, and Af-specific IgE and IgG, as well
as abnormalities of pulmonary function and chest x-ray films. Careful evaluation of all
patients with CF demonstrated that 10% had features indicative of ABPA, which is another …