Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Skin testing versus radioallergosorbent testing for indoor allergens. | Clinical and Molecular Allergy BioMed Central Research Open Access Skin testing versus radioallergosorbent testing for indoor allergens Birjis Chinoy Edgar Yee and Sami L Bahna Address Allergy and Immunology Section Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport Louisiana USA Email Birjis Chinoy - info@ Edgar Yee - Sami L Bahna - sbahna@ Corresponding author Published 15 April 2005 Received 27 January 2005 Clinical and Molecular Allergy 2005 3 4 doi 1476-7961-3-4 Accepted 15 April 2005 This article is available from http content 3 1 4 2005 Chinoy et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Skin testing ST is the most common screening method for allergy evaluation. Measurement of serum specific IgE is also commonly used but less so by allergists than by other practitioners. The sensitivity and specificity of these testing methods may vary by type of causative allergen and type of allergic manifestation. We compared ST reactivity with serum specific IgE antibodies to common indoor allergens in patients with respiratory allergies. Methods 118 patients 3 mo-58 yr mean 12 yr with allergic rhinitis and or bronchial asthma had percutaneous skin testing PST supplemented by intradermal testing ID with those allergens suspected by history but showed negative PST. The sera were tested blindly for specific IgE antibodies by the radioallergosorbent test Phadebas RAST . The allergens were D. farinae 1 18 cockroach 60 cat epithelium 90 and dog epidermal 90 . Test results were scored 0-4 ST 2 and RAST 1 were considered positive. Results The two tests were in agreement . either both positive or .
