Skip to main content
PMC home page
Thorax logoLink to Thorax
. 2000 Oct;55(Suppl 2):S42–S44. doi: 10.1136/thorax.55.suppl_2.S42

Clinical features and diagnosis of aspirin induced asthma

A Szczeklik, E Nizankowska
PMCID: PMC1765966  PMID: 10992556

Full Text

The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (91.5 KB).

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Bochenek G., Nizankowska E., Szczeklik A. The atopy trait in hypersensitivity to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Allergy. 1996 Jan;51(1):16–23. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb04544.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Dahlén B., Zetterström O. Comparison of bronchial and per oral provocation with aspirin in aspirin-sensitive asthmatics. Eur Respir J. 1990 May;3(5):527–534. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Holgate S. T. Genetic and environmental interaction in allergy and asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1999 Dec;104(6):1139–1146. doi: 10.1016/S0091-6749(99)70005-9. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Kalyoncu A. F., Karakaya G., Sahin A. A., Bariş Y. I. Occurrence of allergic conditions in asthmatics with analgesic intolerance. Allergy. 1999 May;54(5):428–435. doi: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00963.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Kim J. B., Sarraf P., Wright M., Yao K. M., Mueller E., Solanes G., Lowell B. B., Spiegelman B. M. Nutritional and insulin regulation of fatty acid synthetase and leptin gene expression through ADD1/SREBP1. J Clin Invest. 1998 Jan 1;101(1):1–9. doi: 10.1172/JCI1411. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Kowalski M. L., Sliwinska-Kowalska M., Igarashi Y., White M. V., Wojciechowska B., Brayton P., Kaulbach H., Rozniecki J., Kaliner M. A. Nasal secretions in response to acetylsalicylic acid. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1993 Feb;91(2):580–598. doi: 10.1016/0091-6749(93)90264-g. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Marquette C. H., Saulnier F., Leroy O., Wallaert B., Chopin C., Demarcq J. M., Durocher A., Tonnel A. B. Long-term prognosis of near-fatal asthma. A 6-year follow-up study of 145 asthmatic patients who underwent mechanical ventilation for a near-fatal attack of asthma. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Jul;146(1):76–81. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm/146.1.76. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Martelli N. A. Bronchial and intravenous provocation tests with indomethacin in aspirin-sensitive asthmatics. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1979 Nov;120(5):1073–1079. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1979.120.5.1073. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Milewski M., Mastalerz L., Nizankowska E., Szczeklik A. Nasal provocation test with lysine-aspirin for diagnosis of aspirin-sensitive asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1998 May;101(5):581–586. doi: 10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70163-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Nizankowska E., Bestyńska-Krypel A., Cmiel A., Szczeklik A. Oral and bronchial provocation tests with aspirin for diagnosis of aspirin-induced asthma. Eur Respir J. 2000 May;15(5):863–869. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15e09.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Nizankowska E., Szczeklik A. Glucocorticosteroids attenuate aspirin-precipitated adverse reactions in aspirin-intolerant patients with asthma. Ann Allergy. 1989 Aug;63(2):159–162. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Pawlowicz A., Williams W. R., Davies B. H. Inhalation and nasal challenge in the diagnosis of aspirin-induced asthma. Allergy. 1991 Aug;46(6):405–409. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1991.tb04218.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Phillips G. D., Foord R., Holgate S. T. Inhaled lysine-aspirin as a bronchoprovocation procedure in aspirin-sensitive asthma: its repeatability, absence of a late-phase reaction, and the role of histamine. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1989 Aug;84(2):232–241. doi: 10.1016/0091-6749(89)90330-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Samter M., Beers R. F., Jr Intolerance to aspirin. Clinical studies and consideration of its pathogenesis. Ann Intern Med. 1968 May;68(5):975–983. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-68-5-975. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Sanak M., Simon H. U., Szczeklik A. Leukotriene C4 synthase promoter polymorphism and risk of aspirin-induced asthma. Lancet. 1997 Nov 29;350(9091):1599–1600. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(05)64015-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Schmitz-Schumann M., Schaub E., Virchow C. Inhalative Provokation mit Lysin-Azetylsalizylsäure bei Analgetika-Asthme-Syndrom. Prax Klin Pneumol. 1982 Jan;36(1):17–21. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Szczeklik A., Gryglewski R. J., Czerniawska-Mysik G. Relationship of inhibition of prostaglandin biosynthesis by analgesics to asthma attacks in aspirin-sensitive patients. Br Med J. 1975 Jan 11;1(5949):67–69. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5949.67. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Szczeklik A., Sladek K., Dworski R., Nizankowska E., Soja J., Sheller J., Oates J. Bronchial aspirin challenge causes specific eicosanoid response in aspirin-sensitive asthmatics. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996 Dec;154(6 Pt 1):1608–1614. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.6.8970343. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Szczeklik A., Stevenson D. D. Aspirin-induced asthma: advances in pathogenesis and management. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1999 Jul;104(1):5–13. doi: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70106-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Szczeklik A. The cyclooxygenase theory of aspirin-induced asthma. Eur Respir J. 1990 May;3(5):588–593. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Thorax are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES