Increased Sensitization to Mold Allergens Measured by Intradermal Skin Testing following Hurricanes

Table 5

Comparison of incidences of positive results for each individual mold allergen.

Molds	A (2010)	B (2015)
Alternaria	11	56
Aspergillus	15	45
Chaetomium	14	46
Cladosporium	9	49
Curvularia	10	44
Epicoccum	13	50
Fusarium	13	52
Smut	8	58
Helminthosporium	20	55
Mucor	19	51
Penicillium	15	64
Phoma	16	56
Pullularia	8	52
Rhizopus	33	65
Stemphylium	15	52
Candida	16	50
Trichophyton	25	68
Epidermophyton	25	72
Totals	285
AVG (SD)	15.83 (6.6)	55.00 (8.0)

AVG (SD): average number of times a mold was reactive in each group (standard deviation).
A (2010): Group A, including tests performed in or before 2010.
B (2015): Group B, including tests performed in 2014 and 2015.
All results are also percentages (100 patients in each group), so each number represents how many times that mold was reactive in 100 tests.
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