Increased serum IgE antibodies in institutionalized asthmatic children after a transient return home. The role of house dust mite allergens in the home as a trigger of asthmatic attacks in mite-sensitive patients

: Increased serum IgE antibodies to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, a house dust mite, were observed in 12 of 13 institutionalized mite-sensitive asthmatic children after returning for four days to their own homes. These results implicate the house dust mite as a trigger of asthmatic attacks in these patients.