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Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco
Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6425869 |
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author | Serhane, Hind Amro, Lamyae Sajiai, Hafsa Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq |
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description | Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is based on a questionnaire and the prick test on 7 allergens, in population aged 5 years and above with clinical symptoms suggesting allergic diseases, from November 2012 to February 2013 in Marrakech. Results. We included 468 patients (women: 79.5%). The prick tests were considered interpretable in 467 cases. The prevalence of skin sensitization to pollen of date palm was 6.6%. The 31 cases of sensitization to date palm involved 7 men and 24 women with an average age of 37.5 years. Cutaneous monosensitization to date palm's pollen was observed in 2 cases. Asthma, rhinitis, and conjunctivitis were recorded, respectively, in 48.4%, 93.5%, and 67.7%. Conclusion. Skin sensitization to pollen of date palm does not seem unusual among allergic patients in Marrakech and is comparable to that found in Casablanca (7%), Barcelona (6.6%), and Cartagena (6.1%). |
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spelling | pubmed-53203692017-03-07 Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco Serhane, Hind Amro, Lamyae Sajiai, Hafsa Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq J Allergy (Cairo) Research Article Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is based on a questionnaire and the prick test on 7 allergens, in population aged 5 years and above with clinical symptoms suggesting allergic diseases, from November 2012 to February 2013 in Marrakech. Results. We included 468 patients (women: 79.5%). The prick tests were considered interpretable in 467 cases. The prevalence of skin sensitization to pollen of date palm was 6.6%. The 31 cases of sensitization to date palm involved 7 men and 24 women with an average age of 37.5 years. Cutaneous monosensitization to date palm's pollen was observed in 2 cases. Asthma, rhinitis, and conjunctivitis were recorded, respectively, in 48.4%, 93.5%, and 67.7%. Conclusion. Skin sensitization to pollen of date palm does not seem unusual among allergic patients in Marrakech and is comparable to that found in Casablanca (7%), Barcelona (6.6%), and Cartagena (6.1%). Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5320369/ /pubmed/28270850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6425869 Text en Copyright © 2017 Hind Serhane et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Serhane, Hind Amro, Lamyae Sajiai, Hafsa Alaoui Yazidi, Abdelhaq Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco |
title | Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco |
title_full | Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco |
title_short | Prevalence of Skin Sensitization to Pollen of Date Palm in Marrakesh, Morocco |
title_sort | prevalence of skin sensitization to pollen of date palm in marrakesh, morocco |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5320369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28270850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6425869 |
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