Fifty-five patients were skin-tested by Multi-Test (M) and needle prick test (NPT) to compare the reproducibility of the methods. lye used 6 allergenic extracts: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae, ...

The skin prick test is used to diagnose patients' sensitization to antigens through a mediated IgE response. It is a practical and quick exam, but its diagnosis depends on instruments for measuring the allergic response ...

Background and purpose: Several promising non-pharmacological interventions have been developed to reduce acute pain in preterm infants including skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her infant. However, variability ...

Objetivos: Fue Determinar la prevalencia de sensibilización a alérgenos utilizando el método skin prick test en pacientes con rinitis alérgica, en una clínica del Cusco en el periodo enero 2013 a diciembre 2015. Material ...

Background: Shrimp is a frequent cause of food allergy. Tropomyosin is the major allergen in shrimp, and it shares homology to tropomyosins from other crustaceans, dust mites, cockroach, and parasites. Objective: The aim ...

The skin prick test (SPT) is the standard method for the diagnosis of allergies. It consists in placing an array of allergen drops on the skin of a patient, typically the volar forearm, and pricking them with a lancet to ...

The skin prick test (SPT) is performed to diagnose different types of allergies. This medical procedure requires measuring the size of the skin wheals that appear when the test is performed. However, the manual measurement ...