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 ...

* Associate in pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; associate visiting physician, Children's Hospital, Boston. † Formerly, Rockefeller Fellow, Children's Hospital. ‡ Formerly, physician, Medical ...

The patch-testing outfits were supplied through the courtesy of the Lederle Laboratories, Incorporated, Pearl River, New York.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As a family practitioner in a solo practice, I am occasionally asked to do TB screening tests. The requests are so infrequent that it is difficult for me to rationalize intradermal purified protein ...

A penicillin allergy can cause symptoms such as hives, shortness of breath, and areas of swelling. In some cases, it may also lead to anaphylaxis, a life threatening condition that causes low blood ...