What is the skin testing protocol for a patient who reports having had an allergic reaction to penicillin a long time ago? Is there any indication for skin testing before a penicillin injection in the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should ...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an inflammatory skin condition. It’s a common type of eczema that usually starts early in childhood. Around 30% of kids who have AD may test positive for a food allergy at ...

Skin allergies are common and often frustrating to diagnose. But new technology could soon help change that. Dr. Alison Bruce, a dermatologist at the Mayo Clinic, is helping to develop an artificial ...

Allergies can affect everyone differently, including the symptoms you have and the treatments that work. Mili Shum, MD, an allergist at University of Utah Health, helps patients suffering with asthma ...

While penicillin allergy testing is an emerging topic for 2017, healthcare providers are finding that new—and unexpected—patient populations do not understand the importance of penicillin allergy ...

– The innovative AccuTest™ features a range of single prick and multi-head skin testing devices and well trays to improve the accuracy of allergy diagnosis and testing – The AccuTest™ allergen well ...

The pharmacy department asked a board-certified allergist if he would train selected pharmacists in using the penicillin skin test and serve as the program's medical director. He agreed to do so and ...

Skin prick, blood tests not as reliable as food for testing allergic reactions. December 26, 2011 — -- A simple skin-prick or blood test has confirmed many people's suspicions that they have ...

This allergy test, a sometimes unpleasant childhood right of passage, may be a thing of the past someday. New research shows that a urine test can determine if a person has an allergy to a specific ...