Patch Testing and Prick Testing: A Practical Guide Official Publication of the ICDRG

✍ Scribed by Jean-Marie Lachapelle, Howard I. Maibach (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Knowledge in the field of allergic contact dermatitis continues to expand rapidly owing to progress in the chemical, immunological, and clinical fields, including improved techniques of patch testing and prick testing. The third edition of this important book, which includes additional color illustrations, has been extensively revised, updated, and expanded to reflect the most recent developments. These include advances in patch testing methodology, in particular the new chambers that are appearing on the market, revision of the baseline series of patch tests to reflect the latest evidence-based work, and additional testing procedures. The result is a superb guide to the current management of positive and negative patch test and prick test reactions that will be invaluable for all practicing dermatologists, from the beginner to the well-trained expert.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Pathophysiology of Allergic and Irritant Contact Dermatitis....Pages 3-9
Diseases for Which Patch Testing Is Recommended: Patients Who Should Be Investigated....Pages 11-33
Patch Testing Methodology....Pages 35-77
Baseline Series of Patch Tests....Pages 79-93
Photopatch Testing....Pages 95-101
TRUE Test System....Pages 103-111
Additional Testing Procedures and Spot Tests....Pages 113-128
Clinical Relevance of Patch Test Reactions....Pages 129-136
Atopy Patch Tests....Pages 137-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Spectrum of Diseases for Which Prick Testing and Open (Non-prick) Testing Are Recommended: Patients Who Should Be Investigated....Pages 147-157
Methodology of Open (Non-prick) Testing, Prick Testing, and Its Variants....Pages 159-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Testing Procedures in Cutaneous Systemic Immune-Related Adverse Drug Reactions....Pages 173-185
Back Matter....Pages 187-218

✦ Subjects

Dermatology; Allergology; Immunology; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine