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.

Keywords

Fungus Spore Allergy Hypersensitivity

KJMM 2002 December;7(4):195-200(6). Epub 2016 February 20
Copyright © 2002 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Kyung Up Min; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding

Kyung Up Min, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. Tel: (02) 760-3286, Fax: (02) 762-9662, e-mail: drmin@snu.ac.kr

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Acknowledgements

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Kyung Up Min

Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 20