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Skin testing in patients with hypersensitivity reactions to iodinated contrast ...
Brockow, K; Romano, A; Aberer, W; Bircher, AJ; Barbaud, A; Bonadonna, P; Faria, E; Kanny, G; Lerch, M; Pichler, WJ; Ring, J; Rodrigues Cernadas, JBACKGROUND: Iodinated contrast media cause both immediate and nonimmediate hypersensitivity reactions. The aim of this prospective study was to determine the specificity and sensitivity of skin tests in patients who have experienced such reactions. METHODS: Skin prick, intradermal and patch tests with a series of contrast media were conducted in 220 patients with either immediate or nonimmediate reaction. Posit...
Guidelines for performing skin tests with drugs in the investigation of cutaneo...
Barbaud, A; Gonçalo, Margarida; Bruynzeel, DP; Bircher, A; European Society of Contact DermatitisSkin testing with a suspected drug has been reported to be helpful in determining the cause of cutaneous adverse drug reactions (CADR). Many isolated reports of positive drug skin tests are published, but without detailed information concerning the clinical features of the CADR and the method used in performing drug skin tests, such data are not very informative. A working party of the European Society of Conta...