Korean J Med Mycol.
2002 Dec;7(4):195-200.
Fungal Spores as Allergen
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. drmin@snu.ac.kr
Abstract
- Exposure to fungal spores occurs frequently in indoor as well as in outdoor. Residential area, office, factory and farm fields are the common places of fungal spore exposure. Role of fungal spores as the causes of hypersensitivity reactions, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis was underestimated due to the lack of intensive research on the allergenicity of fungal spores. As the knowledge on fungal spores is accumulating, it is necessary to reevaluate the role of fungal spores in the field of allergic diseases.
