In children evaluated for a possible macrolide allergy, intradermal testing with a suspected culprit drug at 0.05 mg/mL showed high specificity (92.7%) but limited sensitivity. To confirm an allergy ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Eleven patients reported 22 reactions during intradermal testing. Nine of 11 patients displayed cross-reactivity ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skin prick and intradermal testing do not truly confirm polyethylene glycol allergy. Patients may experience ...
* Associate in pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; associate visiting physician, Children's Hospital, Boston. † Formerly, Rockefeller Fellow, Children's Hospital. ‡ Formerly, physician, Medical ...
Skin tests for allergies include skin prick testing, intradermal testing, and skin patch testing. Skin tests are generally safe but can cause irritation or, rarely, a severe allergic reaction called ...
During the study period, 1,143 patients were patch-tested with the NACDG Standard Allergen Tray ( Table 1 and Table 2; Figs 1 and 2). The two definitely relevant cases are presented here in more ...
The patch-testing outfits were supplied through the courtesy of the Lederle Laboratories, Incorporated, Pearl River, New York.