What's childhood asthma in French Guiana? A cohort study based on children referred for allergology consultations at the Cayenne hospital center.
Blomia tropicalis
French Guiana
allergy
asthma
children
Journal
Frontiers in public health
ISSN: 2296-2565
Titre abrégé: Front Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101616579
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
02
04
2023
accepted:
23
08
2023
medline:
25
9
2023
pubmed:
25
9
2023
entrez:
25
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Asthma is a multifactorial chronic disease, whose most frequent etiology is allergy, especially to A retrospective cohort study focused on children from 0 to 18 years of age, followed for asthma at the Department of Pediatrics of the Cayenne Hospital Center in French Guiana. All asthmatic children followed by the same paediatric allergist were systematically skin-tested with Bt total extract, and Bt-specific IgE tests were additionally performed to confirm specific sensitization. All follow-up variables were collected from medical records. The outcome was sensitization to 302 patients were followed: 177 cases of allergic rhinitis, 135 allergic conjunctivitis, 105 atopic dermatitis, 153 food allergy, and 14 cases of drug allergy. Poly-allergy (respiratory, food, skin, and medicinal) was present in 239 children. There were 158 children followed for asthma, of whom 103 (65%) were sensitized to In French Guiana, asthma is characterized by a high prevalence of Blomia tropicalis sensitization.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Asthma is a multifactorial chronic disease, whose most frequent etiology is allergy, especially to
Methods
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A retrospective cohort study focused on children from 0 to 18 years of age, followed for asthma at the Department of Pediatrics of the Cayenne Hospital Center in French Guiana. All asthmatic children followed by the same paediatric allergist were systematically skin-tested with Bt total extract, and Bt-specific IgE tests were additionally performed to confirm specific sensitization. All follow-up variables were collected from medical records. The outcome was sensitization to
Results
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302 patients were followed: 177 cases of allergic rhinitis, 135 allergic conjunctivitis, 105 atopic dermatitis, 153 food allergy, and 14 cases of drug allergy. Poly-allergy (respiratory, food, skin, and medicinal) was present in 239 children. There were 158 children followed for asthma, of whom 103 (65%) were sensitized to
Conclusion
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In French Guiana, asthma is characterized by a high prevalence of Blomia tropicalis sensitization.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37744508
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1198937
pmc: PMC10513413
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1198937Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Maniassom, Defo, De Blay and Elenga.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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