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 c...

Betalactam (BL) antibiotics are the most common cause of drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions (DHR). We present 2 clinical cases patients with suspected immediate BL DHR who underwent drug allergy workup according to standardized diagnostic procedures, including skin tests (STs: prick, prick test, and intradermal [IDTs]) provocation (DPTs).1 ST results became positive after first DPT dose. T...

Background & Aims: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways which is associated with the triad of cough, wheezing and dyspnea. Allergic asthma is often associated with a personal or family history of allergic diseases and mostly begins at early childhood. Mold is one of the most common irritants of asthma and allergic rhinitis. In the last 20 years there has been 30% increase in ...

We report newly presenting systemic and local allergic reactions to egg in a 55-year-old woman. The patient did not have a history of egg allergy in childhood or occupational exposure to egg proteins; nor did she report any disease that is known to be related to food allergy. A skin prick test with commercial extracts, prick-to-prick test, CAP radioallergosorbent assay, and a double-blind, plac...

OBJECTIVE To objectively measure the change in size of the wheal or erythema resulting from the skin prick test. DESIGN Prospective randomized trial involving patients with allergic rhinitis recruited from March 8, 2009, through August 21, 2009, in Seoul, South Korea. SETTING Otorhinolaryngology clinic of a university hospital. PATIENTS Of 69 patients suspected of having allergic rhinitis...

Aim: To explore whether gender, low birth weight, prematurity and birth type (vaginal vs. abdominal) affects skin prick test results. Methods: This cross-sectional study comprised 350 patients who applied with allergic respiratory symptoms and underwent skin prick test in-between February 2016-June 2016. The patients were asked for premature birth, low birth weight and birth type (vaginal vs. a...