Long-term follow-up of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis treated with glucocorticoids: A study of 182 subjects.
Ritesh AgarwalInderpaul Singh SehgalValliappan MuthuSahajal DhooriaKuruswamy Thurai PrasadAshutosh Nath AggarwalMandeep GargShivaprakash Mandya RudramurthyArunaloke ChakrabartiPublished in: Mycoses (2023)
ABPA exacerbations were common within 3 years of stopping treatment. Age, female sex, peripheral blood eosinophilia and the extent of bronchiectasis predicted ABPA exacerbations. The optimal serum total IgE cut-off for defining ABPA response and exacerbations is a 20% decline and a 50% increase, respectively.