Review Article
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis
Table 1
Criteria for diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in asthma.
| (1) Asthma | | (2) Chest radiographic infiltrate(s) | | (3) Allergy prick skin reactivity to A. fumigatus | | (4) Elevated total serum IgE level ≥1000 IU/mL. Some groups recommend IgE ≥1000 ng/mL (416 IU/mL) | | (5) Precipitating IgG antibodies to A. fumigatus | | (6) Peripheral blood eosinophilia | | (7) Elevated serum specific IgE anti-A. fumiatus antibodies greater than twice non-ABPA IgE A. fumigatus-positive asthmatic serum pool | | (8) Elevated serum specific IgG anti-A. fumiatus antibodies | | (9) Central bronchiectasis | |
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(i) Criteria 1–9, ABPA-central bronchiectasis, ABPA-CB. (ii) Criteria 1–8, ABPA-seropositive, ABPA-S.
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