Skin testing evaluation of aeroallergens in patients with Allergic Rhinitis | ||
| Medical Journal of Tikrit | ||
| Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 182, December 2012, Pages 52-56 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Anas A. Salih; Enas Abdul Majeed; Moheeb Ahmed | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background; allergic rhinitis is common problem both in children and adults. Patients and methods; Retrospective study by which the skin test performed on (192) patients with allergic Rhinitis to determine the most common sensitizing allergen in our locality. Results; In (39.6%) of patients (76 patients) the test was positive to single allergen and in (60.4%) of patients (116 patients) it was positive to multiple allergens. Two allergens positive skin test form (23.9%), while the test was positive for three or above allergens (36.5%) of patients. Conclusion; House dust mite was the predominant allergen (19.1%) followed by mould 1 (17.5%). | ||
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