van der Ent Cornelis K, Hoekstra Hans, Rijkers Ger T
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, University Medical Center Utrecht, KH 01.419.0, PO Box 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Thorax. 2007 Mar;62(3):276-7. doi: 10.1136/thx.2004.035519.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) can cause severe worsening of the respiratory condition in patients with cystic fibrosis. Treatment can result in steroid dependency and serious adverse events. A dramatic and rapid improvement of respiratory symptoms and lung function after a single dose of anti-IgE antibody (omalizumab) in a 12-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis and ABPA is described. This is the first report of this experimental treatment. It suggests an important role for IgE in the pathogenesis of ABPA and offers new therapeutic possibilities.
变应性支气管肺曲霉病(ABPA)可导致囊性纤维化患者的呼吸状况严重恶化。治疗可能导致类固醇依赖和严重不良事件。本文描述了一名患有囊性纤维化和ABPA的12岁女孩在单次注射抗IgE抗体(奥马珠单抗)后呼吸症状和肺功能出现显著且迅速的改善。这是关于这种实验性治疗的首次报告。它提示IgE在ABPA发病机制中起重要作用,并提供了新的治疗可能性。