Respirology Case Reports (Aug 2024)

Benralizumab‐resistant mucus plugs in severe asthma complicated by eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis

  • Masamitsu Hamakawa,
  • Tadashi Ishida

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.70009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 8
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Key message It is an absolute necessity to achieve complete control of comorbidities to obtain optimal asthma control. Importantly, type 2 asthma and ECRS share the same inflammatory pathophysiology and are common co‐morbidities. If the initial biologic is insufficiently effective, it is worth considering an alternative biologic.

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