PMID: 16617858Apr 19, 2006Paper

Fungal culture from pharyngeal swab and seasonal influence in patients with chronic non-productive cough

Nihon Kokyūki Gakkai zasshi = the journal of the Japanese Respiratory Society
Haruhiko Ogawa, Masaki Fujimura

Abstract

It has been suggested that Basidiomycetes is an important fungal aeroallergen. We have reported that Basidiomycetes may be important for allergic airway disorders such as atopic cough, cough variant asthma and bronchial asthma. In this study, 141 patients with chronic nonproductive cough underwent pharyngeal swab culture for fungi, and 18.4% of all patients were positive for Candida (10.6%) and Basidiomycetes (6.4%). Positive results for Basidiomycetes culture were relatively frequent in August and September. It is suggested that Basidiomycetes is important as a fungus colonizing in the pharynx, and that of causative and/or exacerbating for allergic airway disorders presenting with chronic non-productive cough.

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