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Comparison of Skin Tests and RAST for the Diagnosis of Bee Sting Allergy
Author(s) -
Patrizzi R.,
Müller U.,
Yman L.,
Hoigné R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1979.tb01705.x
Subject(s) - sting , bee venom , venom , radioallergosorbent test , allergy , medicine , immunoglobulin e , dermatology , immunology , skin test , antibody , biology , pathology , zoology , ecology , engineering , aerospace engineering , tuberculosis
Skin tests and estimation of specific IgE‐antibodies by the RAST are evaluated as diagnostic procedures in bee sting hypersensitivity with the following results:1 Tests with venom antigens are highly superior to tests with wholebody extracts. 2 With bee venom results of skin tests and RAST correspond in 82%, with bee wholebody extracts in 68%. 3 Both with skin tests and the RAST with bee venom a good discrimination between patients with bee sting hypersensitivity and non‐allergic controls is observed. Skin tests with bee venom are somewhat more sensitive than bee venom‐RAST. 3 With the careful skin test procedure chosen, no adverse reactions were observed.