Cough

Table 2 Allergological findings of the 10 patients with CIC

From: Clinical experience with low-dose itraconazole in chronic idiopathic cough

Case		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Fungal culture		BM, An	Can, Af, BM	Can	BM	BM	none	Af, BM	BM, An	BM	Af, An
Eo. In sputum		0%	5%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%
Skin tests
Aspergillus	imme	4x4	3x3	2x2/0x0	0x0/0x0	5x6	2x2/0x0	0x0/0x0	2x2/0x0	4x4	4x4
	late	4x4	4x4	2x3		5x6	3x3	0x0/0x0	5x5	0x0	3x3
Alternaria	imme	2x2	3x3	4x4	0x0/0x0	2x2	3x3/0x0	0x0/0x0	0x0/3x3	5x5	ND
Candida	imme	5x5	10x10/22x22	0x0/0x0	12x12/16x14	9x10/40x31	4x4/0x0	8x8/28x30	0x0/3x3	ND	ND
	late	4x4	9x6	5x5		6x6	3x3/8x8	10x10	0x0/3x3
B.adusta	imme	5x6/25x25	4x4/0x0	6x6/0x0	0x0/12x8	0x0/10x8	2x2/0x0	6x6/26x24	0x0/6x6	6x6/16x18	0x0/10x10
	late	5x5	4x4/10x8	9x8	7x7/10x10	15x14	7x7	15x15	10x10	4x5	4x4
S. commune	imme	0x0/0x0	2x2/0x0	5x5/0x0	0x0/0x0	4x4	4x4/0x0	0x0/0x0	0x0/0x0	4x4	4x9
	late	0x0/9x9	8x5	8x7	0x0/0x0	7x6	3x3	10x10	3x3	9x9	9x9
Specific IgE
House-dust		1.86	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Mite		2.69	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Aspergillus		0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.4	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Alternaria		0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Cladosporium		0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Penicillium		0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Candida		0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	7.05	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
Trichophyton		0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>	0.34>
LST		negative	positive	positive	positive	positive	negative	positive	positive	ND	ND

Eo.= eosinophil.
BM; basidiomycetous fungi, Can; Candida, Af; Aspergillus fumigatus, An; Aspergillus niger.
imme; immediate phase response, late; late phase response.
LST; lymphocyte stimulation tests, ND; not done.

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