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. 2016 Dec 19;20:68–71. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2016.12.005

Table 1.

Criteria for diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in asthma.

  • (1)

    Asthma

  • (2)

    Chest radiographic infiltrate(s)

  • (3)

    Allergy prick skin reactivity to A. Fumigates

  • (4)

    Elevated total serum IgE level ≥1000 IU/mL. Some groups recommend IgE ≥1000 ng/mL (416 IU/mL)

  • (5)

    Precipitating IgG antibodies to A. Fumigates

  • (6)

    Peripheral blood eosinophilia

  • (7)

    Elevated serum specific IgE anti-A. fumiatus antibodies greater than twice non-ABPA IgE A. fumigatus-positive asthmatic serum pool

  • (8)

    Elevated serum specific IgG anti-A. fumiatus antibodies

  • (9)

    Central bronchiectasis

(i) Criteria 1–9, ABPA-central bronchiectasis, ABPA-CB (ii) Criteria 1–8, ABPA-seropositive, ABPA-S.