Methods The study was conducted at allergy center, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital & Research center, Bangalore from January 2011 – December 2011. Skin Prick Test was done in 139 patients suffering from bronchial asthma diagnosed based on GINA guidelines. Skin Prick Test was performed using 49 allergens extracts after taking informed consent from the patients. Allergen ...

Background When the specific immunotherapy with house dust mite was done in patients who had allergic diseases, change of specific immunoglobulin(Ig)E and IgG4 is well known. But, it is not known whether there is change for specific IgE and IgG4 during initial build-up phase and there is difference for antibody between rush immunotherapy group and conventional immunotherapy group during mainten...

Background World Health Organization position paper on immunotherapy recommends using mite allergen vaccines for rhinitis and mild to moderate asthma. Allergic sensitization to domestic mites and particularly to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides siboney and Blomia tropicalis has been described before in Cuba, as strongly linked to respiratory allergy symptoms. The aim of this wor...

A double-blind clinical trial of hyposensitization with aqueous extracts of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (the house-dust mite) and human skin scales showed a substantial improvement in symptoms in 11 asthmatics allergic to house dust treated with the D. pteronyssinus extract and a reduction in their need for other therapy. Five patients were well for a year but six relapsed. These results con...

AIM A double-blind placebo-controlled study was conducted according to EMA guidelines, to evaluate safety, tolerability and short-term treatment effects of three updosing regimens of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy. PATIENTS & METHODS Forty-eight patients were randomized to groups: A (six weekly doses), B (eight weekly doses) or C (eight doses, two clustered...

PURPOSE Aeroallergens are important causative factors of allergic diseases. Previous studies on aeroallergen sensitization rates investigated patients groups that had visited pediatric allergy clinics. In contrast, we investigated sensitization rates in a general population group of elementary school to teenage students in Incheon, Jeju, and Ulsan. METHODS After obtaining parental consent, sk...

Abstract Background Allergic rhinitis is the most prevalent allergic disease, and prevalence sensitization patterns differ among countries. Identifying common inhalant allergen in each region plays a key role diagnosis management of rhinitis. There are no data available about aeroallergen patients Egypt. The aim this study to evaluate positive serum allergen-specific IGE allergens A cross-secti...

background: asthma and allergic rhinitis are among the most common diseases in the world. objective: the aim of this study was to detect, by skin prick test, aeroallergens in allergic patients in sari, mazandaran in north of iran. methods: this is a prospective study of skin prick test of aeroallergens in asthma, allergic rhinitis and their combination with clinical diagnosis. three hundred and...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of sensitization to common allergens in children with allergic rhinitis (AR) living in Qingdao, China. We conducted a retrospective analysis for AR cases, who underwent skin prick tests (SPT) in Qingdao. A total of 2841 children with AR qualified for the inclusion criteria (Age 3-5 years: 1500 children; Age 6-12 years: 1341 children). The mo...

Responses to the house dust mite during infancy may be important determinants of asthma in susceptible individuals. This study assessed early IgG subclass antibody responses to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in children of atopic parents. Sixteen atopic and 15 non-atopic children were selected from a birth cohort, and atopic status was established according to follow up over the first two years...