Allergen skin test

Sporik, R., Hill, D.J., and Hosking, C.S. 2000. Specificity of allergen skin testing in predicting positive open food challenges to milk, egg and peanut in children. Clin Exp Allergy 30 1541-1546. 

Barbee RA, Kaltenborn W, Lebowitz MD, Burrows B Longitudinal changes in allergen skin test reactivity in a community population sample. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1987 79 16 -24. 

Barbee RA, Halonen M, Kaltenborn WT, Burrows B (1991) A longitudinal study of respiratory symptoms in a community population sample. Correlations with smoking, allergen skin-test reactivity, and serum IgE, Chest 99 20-26... 

Alberta, Canada age 11-82 years Asthma with negative allergen skin tests 25... 

Log-mean (n) Asthma with positive allergen skin tests 60.2 (21) ... 

Barbee RA, Halonen M, Lebowitz M, Burrows B. Distribution of IgE in a community population sample correlations with age, sex, and allergen skin test reactivity. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1981 68(2) 106-111. 

Omalizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal anti-IgE antibody that inhibits binding of IgE to receptors on mast cells and basophils, resulting in the inhibition of mediator release and attenuation of the early- and late-phase allergic response. It may be a treatment option for moderate to severe persistent asthmatics 12 years of age or older whose asthma is not controlled by inhaled corticosteroids and who have a positive skin test or in vitro reactivity to perennial allergens.37 Omalizumab significantly decreases inhaled corticosteroid use, number and length of exacerbations, and increases asthma-related quality of life.37... 

Review any diagnostic data (e.g., skin test and serum IgE-antibody immunoassay) to determine to which allergens the patient is sensitized. 

Further assessment of atopy in the pathogenesis of the acute byssinotic reaction necessitates purification of well characterized and standardized cotton dust antigens, and the development of an allergy specific test (HAST) to measure serum IgE antibodies to cotton dust allergens. Such developments would allow correlation of skin tests, clinical history, dust exposure, FEVj and serum IgE level with specific IgE to cotton dust allergens. 

Immunotherapy with a depigmented, polymerized vaccine of Olea europaea pollen allergens. Significantly reduces specific bronchial and skin test reactivity in sensitized patients after one year of treatment. I Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2003 13(2) 108-117. 

Guinea Pig Maximization Test One of a number of skin tests for screening possible contact allergens. Considered to be a useful model for predicting likely moderate and strong sensitizers in humans. 

Treatment with omalizumab, the monoclonal humanized anti-IgE antibody, is reserved for patients with chronic severe asthma inadequately controlled by high-dose inhaled corticosteroid plus long-acting B-agonist combination treatment (eg, fluticasone 500 meg plus salmeterol 50 meg inhaled twice daily). This treatment reduces lymphocytic, eosinophilic bronchial inflammation and effectively reduces the frequency and severity of exacerbations. It is reserved for patients with demonstrated IgE-mediated sensitivity (by positive skin test or radioallergosorbent test [RAST] to common allergens) and an IgE level within a range that can be reduced sufficiently by twice-weekly subcutaneous injections. 

Burrows B, Martinez FD, Halonen M, Barbee RA, et al. 1989. Association of asthma with serum IgE levels and skin-test reactivity to allergens. NEJM. 320 271-277. 

Taking the history of the patient and noting the clinical symptoms and localization of the lesions are critical. Allergen identification for a patient with a possible contact allergy to cosmetics is performed by means of patch testing with the standard series, specific cosmetic-test series, the product itself, and all of its ingredients. We can only find the allergens we look for. For skin tests with cosmetic products... 

Schmid-Grendelmeier, P. and R. Crameri. 2001. Recombinant allergens for skin testing. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 125 (2) 96—111. 

Arbes, S. Jr., Gergen, P., Elliott, L., and Zeldin, D. 2005. Prevalences of positive skin test responses to 10 common allergens in the US population Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. J Allergy Clinical Immunol 116(2) 377-383. 

A study on the allergenicity of goat s milk performed on 26 children with proven IgE-mediated CMA showed that all the children had positive skin tests to both CM and GM, all had positive double-blind, placebo-controlled, food challenges (DBPCFCs) and 24 of the 26 had positive DBPCFCs to GM. These data indicated that GM is not an appropriate CM substitute for children with IgE-mediated CMA (Bellioni-Businco et al. 1999). 

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