Major lymphocyte populations and T-cell expression of ICAM-1 and L-selectin adhesion molecules in Kuwaitis with asthma and rhinitis.

The authors evaluate major immunologic features of asthma and allergies in a Kuwaiti population. They analyzed peripheral venous blood from 17 asthmatic and 17 healthy long-term residents of Kuwait by using two-color flow cytometry for major lymphocyte subpopulations; they also evaluated 10 healthy individuals who had recently arrived in Kuwait. Relative to healthy subjects, asthmatics exhibited increased percentages of T+ NK cells (p < .

Salsola pollen as a predominant cause of respiratory allergies in Kuwait.

Background: Respiratory allergies are common in Kuwait, and the role of certain allergens has been previously documented.

Objective: To evaluate the results of skin prick tests to a range of allergens that were considered relevant to the vegetation surveys and aerobiological studies performed in Kuwait.

Method: New patients attending our center during August 2002 to February 2003 with asthma or allergic rhinitis underwent skin prick tests to a battery of allergens.

Characteristics of asthmatic children in Kuwait.

This article summarizes clinical characteristics and identifies sensitizing allergens in 135 asthmatic children under 13 years of age in Kuwait, a desert environment with scant vegetation and weather conditions least associated with asthma. There were 84 males (M:F 1.65:1).

IgE-mediated sensitization to mould allergens among patients with allergic respiratory diseases in a desert environment.

Background: The importance of fungal allergens in the development of allergic diseases in a desert environment is uncertain. This study evaluated the prevalence of IgE sensitization to moulds among patients with allergic respiratory diseases in Kuwait - a desert country.

Methods: A total of 810 patients (male:female ratio 1.

Sensitization to aeroallergens among patients with allergic rhinitis in a desert environment.

Background: The causative allergens of allergic rhinitis in desert environments are uncertain.

Objective: To determine the sensitizing aeroallergens in patients with allergic rhinitis in Kuwait, a desert country.

Methods: A total of 706 patients aged 6 to 64 years (mean 34.