Open AccessSkin‐testing protocol in diagnosing of the IgE‐mediated peanut allergy
Author(s) -
Behroo Lotfollah,
Shishehbor Farideh,
Ghafourian Mehri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical and translational allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.979
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2045-7022
DOI - 10.1186/2045-7022-5-s3-p160
Subject(s) - medicine , immunoglobulin e , allergy , peanut allergy , food allergy , allergen , protocol (science) , dermatology , immunology , oral food challenge , surgery , pathology , antibody , alternative medicine
Background In the event that a food-allergen was presumed as a likely accused of signs/symptoms, after that, the substantiation of major associations and finally, identifying the incriminated food(s) need to be warranted. As for verifying of an IgE-mediated food allergy, different specific mensurations should be accomplished in order to include/exclude the suspected food(s). One protocol for meticulous interpretation −concerning the production of specific IgE-antibodies− is the accepted/endorsed prickpuncture skin-testing. Of note, Skin-Prick-Tests (SPTs) are referred to as authentic predicting-value in cases where they become negative (over 95 %).