Aspergillosis diagnostic criteria

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Haytham Allaham, M.D. [2]; Yazan Daaboul, M.D.; Serge Korjian M.D.

Diagnostic criteria are available for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and for allergic fungal rhinosinusitis. Major and minor diagnostic criteria are based on clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings.

The following table shows the diagnostic criteria for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis:

The following table shows the 1994 Bent and Kuhn diagnostic criteria for allergic fungal rhinosinusitis:

^{Table adapted from Bent JP 3rd, Kuhn FA. Diagnosis of allergic fungal sinusitis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg.1994 111(5):580-8[1]}

• To make the diagnosis of allergic fungal rhinosinusitis, patients must meet ALL the major criteria.
• Minor criteria may support the diagnosis, but they are not considered diagnostic.