Comparison between two different assays for measurements of allergen-specific IgE and skin prick test in the diagnosis of insect venom allergy.
case_control · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 1485652.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Forty-one patients stung by wasp and 29 by bee were evaluated by comparing the correlation between skin prick test (SPT), Phadebas radioallergosorbent test (P-RAST) and Magic Lite SQ Specific IgE assay (LIA). All patients had had a systemic reaction to insect sting. In the patients stung by bee we found agreement between SPT and P-RAST, and SPT and LIA. Similarly, there were no significant differences in sensitivity between P-RAST and LIA (p > 0.05). In patients stung by wasp, SPT was found to be more sensitive than P-RAST. There were no differences between SPT and LIA or between P-RAST and LIA.
Medical subject headings
- Allergens
- Bee Venoms
- Hypersensitivity
- Immunoassay
- Immunoglobulin E
- Insect Bites and Stings
- Wasp Venoms