Venom skin tests in insect-allergic and insect-nonallergic populations |
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Authors: | J W Georgitis R E Reisman |
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Affiliation: | 1. Buffalo, N. Y., USA;2. Winston-Salem, N. C., USA |
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Abstract: | Intradermal skin tests with varying concentrations of honeybee, yellow jacket, white-faced hornet, yellow hornet, and Polistes venoms were done on 85 patients with histories of insect-sting anaphylaxis and on 56 insect-nonallergic subjects. Positive skin tests (wheal greater than or equal to 5 to 10 mm and flare greater than or equal to 11 to 20 mm) were present in 67 insect-allergic patients at venom concentrations ranging from 0.001 microgram/ml to 0.1 microgram/ml. Seven additional allergic patients had positive skin tests with the 1.0 microgram/ml venom concentration. Twenty-six nonallergic subjects had positive skin tests at the venom concentration of 1.0 microgram/ml, and two patients had positive skin tests at the lower venom concentrations (0.001 to 0.1 microgram/ml). These results confirm venom skin tests as a highly sensitive method of detecting venom-specific IgE in the evaluation of patients with stinging-insect hypersensitivity. Since a large percentage of insect-nonallergic subjects reacted to the 1.0 microgram/ml concentration, clinical judgment and further in vitro testing should be considered in the evaluation of patients who react only at this venom concentration. |
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Keywords: | Reprint requests: Robert E. Reisman M.D. 50 High St. Buffalo NY 14203. |
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