ALTERNARIA IGG PRECIPITINS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS

被引:14
作者
BUSSE, WW [1 ]
STORMS, WW [1 ]
FLAHERTY, DK [1 ]
CRANDALL, M [1 ]
REED, CE [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WISCONSIN, DEPT MED, MADISON, WI USA
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10.1016/0091-6749(76)90094-4
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R392 [医学免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Late reactions consisting of fever, malaise and swelling at the site, 4-6 h after injections of Alternaria extract occurred in several patients receiving immunotherapy with Alternaria. These patients had in common serum IgG [immunoglobulin G] precipitins and exquisite leukocyte histamine release sensitivity to Alternaria. Such precipitins were 3 times more frequent in patients receiving Alternaria immunotherapy than a control group of patients receiving immunotherapy with other antigens. A prospective study revealed that 5 of 23 Alternaria-sensitive persons had precipitins before immunotherapy, and another 6 developed precipitins during therapy. Only 1 of the 23 experienced a late Alternaria reaction. Precipitins to Alternaria are common and do not seem to be the basis for the late reactions we observed. The findings of precipitins does not contraindicate immunotherapy.
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