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Allergic Skin Prick Testing - A 4 Year Experience in Hospital
Ampang, Selangor
,Malaysia |
Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Hosp. Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia1,Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Univ. Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2, |
Khairullah Bin ANUAR,
Fuad RM1,Khairullah A2,Revadi G1,Shahrul H1,Brito-Mutunayagam S1
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¸ñÀû: Allergy skin prick test is widely used to demonstrate an IgE-
mediated allergic reaction of the skin. It is a useful diagnostic
tool in determining specific allergy towards aerosol, contact or
food allergens in atopic individuals. This study was carried out
to determine the prevalence of sensitization to common allergens
among the patient who attended allergy clinic in ORL Department
Hospital Ampang. ¹æ¹ý:Patient aged 10 years and above under ORL clinic follow up for
allergic rhinitis, were sent for allergy skin prick testing
(SPT). Patients underwent SPT from January 2009 till December
2012 were included in the study. Two sets of allergens were used
in our centre GERMAX which is commercially available and
allergens from Institute of Medical Research (IMR), which was
extract of local allergens. The allergens that were used in the
SPT in our centre were aeroallergens, food allergens and contact
allergens. The data were collected and analysis of age of the
patients, gender, racial distributions and sensitization were
done. °á°ú:A total number to 239 patients attended SPT from January 2009 till December 2012. Ninety five point eight percent of patients showed positive SPT result. The male to female ratio was 11.5. A total of 802 sensitizations were noted with 56.98% sensitized to aeroallergen, 42.39% and 0.63% sensitized to food and contact allergen respectively. The commonest aeroallergens sensitized in this study were Dermatophagoides farinae (34.8%), followed by Blomia tropicalis (32.6%). Prawn (17.94%) and crab (17.05%) were the commonest food allergen sensitized. °á·Ð:Sensitization to aeroallergen is common compared to the food and
contact allergen. Perhaps this data will represent the most common
allergen sensitization in urban area with house dust mites
represent the commonest allergen sensitized |
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