Local anesthetics are commonly used medications and can result in adverse reactions. The diagnostic workup of local anesthetic reactions remains controversial. This study was designed to determine the effectiveness of skin testing for local anesthetic allergy evaluation. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients undergoing local anesthetic skin testing. Patients were included if th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Contradictory reports of the sensitivity of skin tests in quinolone allergy have been reported. Our objectives were to describe the outcome of quinolone skin and challenge tests in patients consulting because of a history of adverse reaction to quinolone and to compare the outcome of quinolone skin tests and challenge tests in the subsample of patients who had undergone...

Background: Diagnosis of food allergy is difficult in children. Food allergies are diagnosed using several methods that include medical histories, clinical examinations, skin prick and serum-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) tests, radio-allergosorbent test (RAST), food challenge, and supervised elimination diets. In this study we evaluated allergies to cow's milk, egg, peanut, and fish in childr...

. CA~ERON, C. M. Evaluation of serological tests as qiteria for immunity to staphylococcal skin aifectton 1n rabbtts. Onderstepoort]. vet. R es. , 38 (2), 99-110 (1971). Rabbits immu_nized with. killed ' ':'hole culture vaccine, bacteria alone or bacteria plus toxoid, were markedly more r~s1st~nt to skm mfecu_on t_han control rabbits. H owever, the degree of immunity was not related to the ant1...