Epidemiology of Atopy Patch Tests With Food and Inhalant Allergens in an Unselected Population of Children

Diagnostic performance of the atopy patch test with inhalant allergens.

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the diagnostic performance of the atopy patch test (APT) compared with skin prick testing (SPT) and in vitro IgE measurement in a large group of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) with or without respiratory symptoms (RS). METHODS The study included 521 patients (292 males, 229 females; age, 0.5-18 years; median age, 6 years) with AD and RS with different cli...

Food allergy and atopy patch tests.

Atopy patch testing with airborne allergens.

INTRODUCTION Atopy patch tests (APT) represent a relatively new diagnostic method for identifying the role of airborne allergens in atopic dermatitis flares. This study evaluates the role of airborne allergens in atopic dermatitis flares in a group of adult patients with atopic dermatitis. The primary goal was to detect the frequency of sensitization to these allergens in a group of patients wi...

Prevalence of positive atopy patch test in an unselected pediatric population

BACKGROUND In the latest decades, epidemiological studies on allergic disorders in children, including atopic dermatitis, rhinitis and asthma, demonstrated a continuous increase in prevalence. However, such studies are usually performed by questionnaires and, sometimes, by skin prick test or in vitro IgE tests, while the portion of allergy sustained by the cell-mediated mechanism is neglected, ...

Erratum: Prevalence of positive atopy patch test in an unselected pediatric population

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s12948-015-0011-2.].