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SUBMITTER: Mak G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3569972 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mak Garbo G Porter Paul C PC Bandi Venkata V Kheradmand Farrah F Corry David B DB
Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) 20121127 2
The etiology of status asthmaticus (SA), a complication of severe asthma, is unknown. Fungal exposure, as measured by fungal atopy, is a major risk factor for developing asthma, but the relationship of fungi in SA per se has not previously been reported. In this five patient retrospective case series study, lower respiratory tract cultures were performed on bronchoalveolar lavage or tracheal aspirate fluid, comparing standard clinical laboratory cultures with a specialized technique in which res ...[more]