An investigation of aeroallergens affecting urban Malaysian asthmatics
Sam, C.K.; Soon, S.C.; Liam, C.K.; Padmaja, K.; Cheng, H.M.
Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology 16(1): 17-20
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-877X PMID: 9681124 Document Number: 496756
We investigated the aeroallergens affecting 200 asthmatics from the University Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and found 164 (82%) patients with skin prick test (SPT) reactivity to one or more of a panel of 14 allergens, which included indoor and outdoor animal and plant aeroallergens. Reactivity was most frequent to the indoor airborne allergens, with 159 (79.5%) reacting to either or both house dust mite (Dermatophagoides) species and 87 (43.5%) to cockroach. The SPT reactivity to house dust mites corresponded with the finding that patients found house dust to be the main precipitant of asthmatic attacks.