Minimal agreement between basophil activation test and immunoassay in diagnosis of penicillin allergy.

CONCLUSIONS: The agreement between BAT and immunoassay is minimal. Performing both tests provides little increase in the sensitivity of allergy diagnosis work-up for immediate reactions to penicillin. PMID: 32532468 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32532468?dopt=Abstract

Source: Allergologia et Immunopathologia - June 8, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Leecyous B, Bakhtiar F, Tang MM, Yadzir ZHM, Abdullah N Tags: Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) Source Type: research