Comparison of Skin Tests and RAST for the Diagnosis of Bee Sting Allergy
1979
Skin tests and estimation of specific IgE-antibodies by the RAST are evaluated as diagnostic procedures in bee sting hypersensitivity with the following results:
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Tests with venom antigens are highly superior to tests with wholebody extracts.
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With bee venom results of skin tests and RAST correspond in 82%, with bee wholebody extracts in 68%.
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Both with skin tests and the RAST with bee venom a good discrimination between patients with bee sting hypersensitivity and non-allergic controls is observed. Skin tests with bee venom are somewhat more sensitive than bee venom-RAST.
3
With the careful skin test procedure chosen, no adverse reactions were observed.
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