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

• Main Authors: Lachapelle, Jean-Marie (Author), Maibach, Howard I. (Author), Ring, Johannes (Author), Darsow, Ulf (Author), Rustemeyer, Thomas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Allergy.; Dermatology.; Public health.; Occupational medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Allergology.; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine.; Public Health.

Knowledge in the field of allergic contact dermatitis has developed to a considerable degree, which includes improved techniques of patch testing and prick testing, e.g. additional tests such as open, semi-open, repeated open application test (ROAT) and use tests, photopatch tests, atopy patch tests...

Table of Contents:

• Patch Testing
• The International Contact Dermatitis Research Group
• The Spectrum of Diseases for Which Patch Testing is Recommended
• Patch Testing Methodology
• The Standard Series of Patch Tests
• Photopatch Testing
• The TRUE Test System
• Additional Testing Procedures
• Clinical Relevance of Patch Test Reactions
• The Atopy Patch Test in Atopic Dermatitis
• Prick Testing
• The Spectrum of Diseases for Which Prick Testing and Open (Non-Prick) Testing are Recommended
• The Methodology of Open (Non-Prick) Testing, Prick Testing, and its Variants
• Testing in Cutaneous Systemic Adverse Drug Reactions: Interest and Limitations
• Testing Procedures in Cutaneous Systemic Adverse Drug Reactions.