Table 4. Treatment principles for diseases associated with asthma.

Disease	Abbreviation	Treatment principles
Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (ASA intolerance)	AERD	Lifelong ASA therapy (at least 300 mg/day); treatment must be begun on an inpatient basis (37)
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis	ABPA	Systemic corticosteroid therapy beginning with 0.5 to 0.75 mg prednisolone equivalent per kg body weight and then tapering down; concomitant antimycotic therapy (itraconazole. alternatively voriconazole if itraconazole not tolerated) in case of recurrent exacerbations (7, 38)
Churg–Strauss syndrome	CSS	Corticosteroid plus an additional immunosuppressant (methotrexate. cyclophosphamide. or azathioprine); after high-dose initial therapy. reduce gradually to lowest possible long-term therapy (39)

ASA. acetylsalicylic acid