Mould allergy in children from Murcia province

Abstract

A retrospective investigation on 88 children with mould allergy is made. Results on sex, symptoms and origin of children are compared with a second group of 60 allergic-not-tomould children watched on age. The sex distribution was equivalent in both groups. Within the first group symptoms used to appear in male children younger than 3 years (p < 0,001), whereas in the second group this association was significant for females (p < 0,05). Only 12 children were exclusively positive to moulds; others combining mould with polen or dust or both positivities. The most frequent mould encountered was Aiternaria. Male children younger than 3 years in the first group started symptomatology with asthma attacks (p < 0,05), whereas those in the second group did not. More often were encountered non-asthma than asthma symptoms (p < 0,01) in children with positiveness to Pénicillium. There were no differences on origin between both groups.