BACKGROUND Although hazelnut consumption is very high in Turkey, the prevalence of hazelnut allergy is still unknown. This study's objective was to investigate the prevalence of hazelnut sensitisation and to verify its clinical importance using double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge (DBPCFC) in an adult population. METHODS Prick-to-prick skin tests were performed with fresh hazelnut in 90...

Brucellosis is an acute and chronic disease of cattle and can be transmitted to human beings. This disease is associated with numerous clinical manifestations and the rate of incidence of its skin complications is 5% in the affected patients. One of its rare skin complications is brucella abscess. In this study a 9-years old girl is presented with skin abscess of the posterior part of right ank...

www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 621 patient, such as allergen avoidance, medications, and, sometimes, immunotherapy (Table 2). For example, a patient with a specific pollen allergy may be instructed to increase medication use during the pollen season. Patients with an animal allergy may be instructed to use allergy or asthma medication before exposure. There are several types of spec...

Medications can cause many adverse reactions, both non-immunologic and immunologic ones. Allergies can take many forms, allergic reactions include all types of reactions according to Gell and Coombs. Typically, allergic reactions to drugs are manifested by skin lesions such as maculopapular rash or urticaria and life-threatening systemic reactions such as anaphylaxis. Allergy to drugs is diagno...

The intradermal inoculation in naive or in previously sensitized individuals of small amounts of Leishmania extract (Montenegro's skin test) induced or modulated, respectively, the immune response to Leishmania, as assessed by subsequent Montenegro's skin tests. These phenomena could hinder the interpretation of Montenegro's skin tests in a population already subjected to the test in the past a...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the results of the tests used to identify the IgE mediated sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus in patients with cystic fibrosis. METHODS This is a cross-sectional descriptive study with a convenience sample of 86 patients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in the Reference Service in Cystic Fibrosis at a tertiary teaching hospital. The following tests were performed to as...