Allergy Testing.
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 27545728.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.pop.2016.04.001.
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Abstract
Allergic diseases are common in outpatient primary care. Allergy testing can guide management to determine allergy as a cause of symptoms and target therapeutic interventions. This article provides a review of common methods of allergy testing available so that physicians may counsel and refer patients appropriately. Immediate-type hypersensitivity skin tests can be used for airborne allergens, foods, insect stings, and penicillin. Radioallergosorbent testing can be used to evaluate immediate-type hypersensitivity. Delayed-type hypersensitivity or patch-type skin tests are used in patients with suspected contact dermatitis.
Medical subject headings
- Hypersensitivity
- Primary Health Care