DERMAL AND PULMONARY RESPONSE TO 3 COMMON GRASS-POLLEN ALLERGENS

Using the gravity slide method, pollen grains belonging to different g roups were analysed and identified. Those belonging to Poaceae (grass) ranked top among the pollen types with two important pollen periods. Among the identified grass pollen types, Heteropogon sp. was followed by Dimeria sp. and Eulalia sp. in the rate of their aerobiological inc idence. Similarly with regard to the skin test positivity as well, sam e was the incidence. The skin test positivity was analysed in terms of different parameters. The significant skin test positivities were con firmed by Bronchial Provocation Testing, and was found 76.92% correlat ion with the significant skin test positivities. This again suggested the possibility for the increase in Bronchial Provocation Testing posi tivity as the interadermal skin test positivity increased. This study confirms the correlation among the aerobiological incidence of the pol len grains belonging to Poaceae with the various clinical diagnostic p rocedures.