Prevalence of delayed hypersensitivity to the European standard series in a self-selected population
✍ Scribed by Jane E Greig; Christine F Carson; Martin S Stuckey; Thomas V Riley
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-8380
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✦ Synopsis
SUMMARY
There are limited reports of the prevalence of positive reactions in healthy adults to patch tests with standard allergens; there are no recent comprehensive studies from Australia. Healthy adult volunteers (n = 219) from the Western Australian community were patch tested using the European standard series of allergens. Seventy‐seven (35%) reacted to at least one allergen, positive patch tests being most prevalent to nickel sulfate (20%), potassium dichromate (9%), cobalt chloride (6%) and fragrance mix (4%). Prevalence of positive patch tests to nickel and chromate was higher than that reported for another healthy population, which may stem from self‐selection of volunteers or geographical differences, including extent of exposure to allergens.