World Allergy Organization - Allergic Diseases Resource Center

Welcome to the Allergic Diseases Resource Center. Whether you are a health professional, a person with allergies, or a caregiver to someone with allergies, WAO's Allergic Diseases Resource Center has something for you.

By following the links below, you will find clear information about allergic diseases and up-to-the-minute news of developments in allergy management and treatment, written by the World's leading allergy experts.

The disease summaries for Health Professionals have been written to provide an up-to-date overview of the main allergic diseases. The materials can be referenced in publications using the following citation:

Title of Disease Summary. Name of Author. World Allergy Organization website. Accessed (date).

Disclaimer: The patient-oriented information on this website is not intended to replace a consultation with a physician. The information is intended to help patients understand their symptoms and allergic diseases(s) better and make the time spent with a doctor more productive.

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Acute Asthma Kaliner M, Lockey R (2004) Allergen Avoidance Platts-Mills T (2004) Allergen Specific Immunotherapy Document  Canonica WG, Baena-Cagnani CE, et al (2006) Allergen Standardization and CharacterizationFernández-Caldas E, Zakzuk J, Lockey R (2009) Allergic Asthma li HH, Kaliner MA (2006) Allergic March Wahn U (2007) Allergic Remodeling Lieerman PL (2008) Allergy to Anaesthetic Agents Birnbaum J, Vervloet D (2007) Allergy Diagnostic Testing Oppenheimer J, Durham S, Nelson H (2007) Allergy to Insect Stings and Bites Heddle R, Golden DBK (2008) Anaphylaxis Lockey R (2006) Aspirin Triad Kowalski ML (2006) Asthma, Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness and SportsCarlsen HK, Delgado L (2009) Asthma Caused by Aspirin Kowalski ML (2006) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Asthma: Similarities and Differences Watkins R, Laber D, Peters SP (2009) Combined Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Syndrome(2004) Contact Dermatitis (2004) Cow's Milk Allergy in Children Motala C, Fiocchi A (2011) Diagnosis of Occupational Asthma Quirce S, Sastre J(2005) Diagnostic Approach to the Adult with Suspected Immune Deficiency Chinratanapisit S, Sriaroon P, Sleasman JW (2008) Drug Allergies Thong B, Motala C, Vervloet D (2007) Eczema, Atopic Eczema and Atopic Dermatitis Ring J, Darsow U (2008)

Food Allergy Motala C (2004) Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis in the Workplace Quirce S, Sastre J (2002) IgE in Clinical Allergy and Allergy Diagnosis (2003) Immunotherapy Canonica GW, Durham SR (2004) Influenza and Asthma: A Review Pesek RD, Lockey RF (2010) Latex Reactions Katelaris C (2004) Mastocytosis - Where are we now? McNeill O, Katelaris C (2011)  Nomenclature for Allergic Diseases (2004) Occupational Allergens Sastre J, Quirce S (2007) Ocular Allergy Katelaris C (2004) Pharmacotherapy Saha S, Siddiqui S, Bradding P, Holgate ST (2007) Practical Issues in the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Children Vichyanond P (2009) Prevention of Allergy and Allergic Asthma (PAAA)World Allergy Organization (2003) Rhinitis (2005) Rhinitus and Polyps Caused by Aspirin Kowalski ML (2006) Rhinitis - In-Depth Review Scarupa MD, Kaliner MA (2006) Rhinosinusitis (2004) The Role of Cytokines in the Inflammatory Process of Asthma and Response to Therapy Townley RG (2008) Upper Airway Edema Katelaris C (2004) Treatment of Asthma in Children 5 Years and Under, Based on Different Global Guidelines Potter PC (2009) Urticaria and Angioedema Kaplan AP (2004) Vaccination and the Risk of Atopy and Asthma Rottem M (2011)  Vasculitis Ledford DK (2007) http://www.worldallergy.org/adrc/

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Article first published online: 4 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2012.02845.x

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Pulmonary Infection

Edited by Amer Amal, ISBN 978-953-51-0286-1, Hard cover, 128 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: March 14, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Pulmonology

Pulmonary infections are notorious in causing considerable morbidity and mortality. Caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi, respiratory infections require distinct knowledge of recent advances in pathogenesis. Progress in the understanding of immunopathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii infection will explain how an atypical organism establishes infection. The chapter regarding pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in the State of Para depicts a unique study in an endemic region for tuberculosis in North of Brazil. The diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis is a formidable challenge. Thus, new developments in diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis are included in this book. Challenging in their diagnosis, nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases require special education for management. The problems of respiratory infections in the immunocompromised host are increasing in numbers and in resilience to treatment. Therefore, the chapter describing the host immune responses against pulmonary fungal pathogens comes as a necessary section in this book. The insight brought forth from this book can be valuable for both clinicians and scientists.

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BOOK CONTENTS

• Chapter 1  Latent Tuberculosis: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatmentby Dimitrios Basoulis, Georgia Vrioni, Violetta Kapsimali, Aristeidis Vaiopoulos and Athanasios Tsakris
• Chapter 2  Recent Advances in the Immunopathogenesis of Acinetobacter baumannii Infectionby Louis de Léséleuc and Wangxue Chen
• Chapter 3  Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in the State of Para, an Endemic Region for Tuberculosis in North of Brazilby Ana Roberta Fusco da Costa, Maria Luiza Lopes, Maísa Silva de Sousa, Philip Noel Suffys, Lucia Helena Messias Sales and Karla Valéria Batista Lima
• Chapter 4  Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Diseaseby Ante Marušić and Mateja Janković
• Chapter 5  Pulmonary Infectionsby Nalini Gupta and Arvind Rajwanshi
• Chapter 6  Host Immune Responses Against Pulmonary Fungal Pathogensby Karen L. Wozniak, Michal Olszewski and Floyd L. Wormley Jr.
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  Published online: 14 March, 2012
  Published in print edition: March, 2012

Respiratory Diseases

Edited by Mostafa Ghanei, ISBN 978-953-307-964-6, Hard cover, 242 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 01, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Pulmonology

Medicine is an ever-changing science. In this regard, Respiratory medicine is not an exception and has been evolving during recent years. As new research broadens our knowledge, advanced methods for diagnoses are better understood, providing genetic and underlying pathophysiology of diseases and new clinical experiences. Consequently, publications of new resources along with revisions of previous ones are required. The book Respiratory Diseases brings practical aspects of pulmonary diseases. It contains the result of years of experience through expert clinicians in this field from different scientific centers. The respiratory diseases are discussed according to epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. It includes updated resources of the pathogenesis and some molecular aspects of the aforementioned diseases and is recommended reading for all clinicians and medical students, especially pulmonologists, to access highlighted respiratory diseases in this book.

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• Chapter 1  Cordyceps Extracts and the Major Ingredient, Cordycepin: Possible Cellular Mechanisms of Their Therapeutic Effects on Respiratory Diseaseby Chun-kit Fung and Wing-hung Ko
• Chapter 2  Cellular Defences of the Lung: Comparative Perspectivesby J.N. Maina
• Chapter 3  The Contrasting Roles of T Regulatory Cells in Bacterial Lung Diseasesby Adam N. Odeh and Jerry W. Simecka
• Chapter 4  Special Consideration in Treating Patients of Overlap Between Asthma and COPDby So Ri Kim and Yang Keun Rhee
• Chapter 5  Motivational Intervention and Nicotine Replacement Therapies for Smokers: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trialby Jennifer Lira-Mandujano and Sara Eugenia Cruz-Morales
• Chapter 6  Respiratory Diseases Among Dust Exposed Workersby Weihong Chen, Yuewei Liu, Xiji Huang and Yi Rong
• Chapter 7  Oxidative Damage and Bronchial Asthmaby Eva Babusikova, Jana Jurecekova, Andrea Evinova, Milos Jesenak and Dusan Dobrota
• Chapter 8  An Overview of Management of URTI and a Novel Approach Towards RSV Infectionby J.R. Krishnamoorthy, M.S. Ranjith, S. Gokulshankar, B.K. Mohanty, R. Sumithra, S. Ranganathan and K. Babu
• Chapter 9  Variability of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Seasonality and Mortalityby Michael J. Light
• Chapter 10  Start of a Pandemic: Influenza A H1N1 Virusby Ma. Eugenia Manjarrez, Dora Rosete, Anjarath Higuera, Rodolfo Ocádiz-Delgado, José Rogelio Pérez-Padilla and Carlos Cabello
  
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  Published online: 01 February, 2012
  Published in print edition: February, 2012

Contact Dermatitis

Edited by Young Suck Ro, ISBN 978-953-307-577-8, Hard cover, 180 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: December 16, 2011 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Dermatology

This book centralizes on the subject of contact dermatitis. It aims to provide the dermatologist with a sound base of clinical wisdom and key scientific findings to make an accurate diagnosis and management plan. SPECIAL FEATURES: - Describes numerous possible allergens that cause contact dermatitis. - Provides details of research in the basic sciences to help our readers understand more about contact dermatitis. - Provides a comprehensive description of recently developed methods that have evolved for the diagnosis of contact dermatitis. - Provides a concise, clinically focused, user-friendly format, which can rapidly improve your knowledge of the disease. The past decade has seen significant changes in contact dermatitis. Our understanding of the pathophysiology, our diagnostic approaches, and management of the disease has evolved. In this volume, some of the world's most highly regarded experts discuss areas that have seen significant improvement, as well as areas for future development.

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BOOK CONTENTS

• Chapter 1  Epidemiology of Contact Dermatitisby Jesús Jurado-Palomo, Álvaro Moreno-Ancillo, Irina Diana Bobolea, Carmen Panizo Bravo and Iván Cervigón González
• Chapter 2  Animal Models of Contact Dermatitisby Federico Simonetta and Christine Bourgeois
• Chapter 3  Keratinocytes, Innate Immunity and Allergic Contact Dermatitis - Opportunities for the Development of In Vitro Assays to Predict the Sensitizing Potential of Chemicalsby Jochem W. van der Veen, Rob J. Vandebriel, Henk van Loveren and Janine Ezendam
• Chapter 4  Topical Delivery of Haptens: Methods of Modulation of the Cutaneous Permeability to Increase the Diagnosis of Allergic Contact Dermatitisby M. Nino, G. Calabrò and P. Santoianni
• Chapter 5  Progress on the Development of Human In Vitro Assays for Assessment of the Sensitizing Potential of a Compound: Breaking Down the In Vivo Eventsby Susan Gibbs and Krista Ouwehand
• Chapter 6  Dental Metal Allergyby Maki Hosoki and Keisuke Nishigawa
• Chapter 7  Allergic Contact Dermatitis in Childrenby Alena Machovcova
• Chapter 8  Contact Dermatitis in Childrenby Laurel M. Morton and Katherine Szyfelbein Masterpol
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Recent Developments in United Airways Disease

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The nose and lung are both part of the respiratory tract. Often the diseases affecting the nose and/or the bronchi are treated separately. However, in recent years, numerous studies have highlighted the fact that the respiratory system is a single entity and the concept of "united airway disease" has become more and more important. The unity of the respiratory tract is confirmed both from a morphological and from a functional point of view. Nevertheless, this concept is also confirmed for the respiratory immune system, innervation and vascularization interesting all along the tract, from the nose to the bronchioles. When treating rhinitis, it is often necessary to assess the presence of asthma. Patients with sinusitis should be evaluated for a possible concomitant asthma. Conversely, patients with asthma should always be evaluated for possible nasal disease. The medications that treat nasal diseases appear to be useful in improving control of asthma and in reducing bronchial hyperresponsiveness as well. Physicians should always keep these notions in mind, and evaluate and treat respiratory diseases taking into account the unity of the respiratory tract. Ciprandi G, Caimmi D, Miraglia del Giudice M, La Rosa M, Salpietro C, Marseglia GL.   Recent Developments in United Airways Disease.   Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2012 Jul;4(4):171-177. Full text.   http://dx.doi.org/10.4168/aair.2012.4.4.171