Environmental and occupational respiratory diseases – 1045. Skin prick tests and allergen-specific IgE tests for fungus in patients with chronic lower respiratory symptoms

Background Skin prick tests (SPTs) has relatively a good correlation with allergen-specific IgE against house dust mites (HDM) and pollens, whereas their correlation to fungi remains low. We aimed to investigate the correlation between results of serum specific IgE and SPTs for HDM or fungi in patients with chronic lower respiratory symptoms. The clinical difference between serum fungus or HDM-specific IgE-positive and –negative groups was also examined.