Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Antifungal Treatment for Severe Asthma with Fungal Sensitization

W. Denning, David; Ronan O’Driscoll, B.; Powell, Georgina; Chew, Fiona; T. Atherton, Graham; Vyas, Aashish; Miles, John; Morris, Julie; Niven, Robert

doi:10.1164/rccm.200805-737oc

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Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Antifungal Treatment for Severe Asthma with Fungal Sensitization

Published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine • Oct 23, 2008

Authors:

David W. Denning

B. Ronan O’Driscoll

Georgina Powell

Abstract

RATIONALE: Some patients with severe asthma are immunologically sensitized to one or more fungi, a clinical entity categorized as severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS). It is not known whether SAFS responds to antifungal therapy. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the response of SAFS to oral itracona...

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Medicine

Randomized controlled trial

Asthma

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