Retrospective Evaluation of Skin prick Tests to Various Allergens in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis

Salih Allawi, Muhammed; Taha  Saleh, Bassam; Sattar Hussein Abdullh, Abdul

	Retrospective Evaluation of Skin prick Tests to Various Allergens in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 181, 2012, Pages 26-32
Authors
Muhammed Salih Allawi; Bassam Taha Saleh; Abdul sattar Hussein Abdullh
Abstract
Atopic dermatitis is a common disease affecting many people. Avoidance therapy to the aeroallergens is a cost-effective and safe measure to help atopic dermatitis patients. Skin prick test (SPT) is a well-established method to identify the responsible allergens. The aim of this study is to determine most responsible allergens that provoke allergy in patients with atopic dermatitis in sallah Al-deen governorate. A retrospective study were conducted on 111 patients with atopic dermatitis, 65(59%) of them were male and 46(41%) were female . Age of patients was between 8 to 64 years with a mean of age: 32.56± 9.82 yr. These patients were referred to allergic clinic of Tikrit Teaching Hospital, and skin prick test(SPT) response to allergens was done which shows 100(90%) of the patients had positive SPT, (6%)of these patients were monosensitized against one allergen while others were polysensitized for more than one allergen in which (41%) sensitized against 2 allergens ,(36%) sensitized against 3 allergens and 7% were sensitized against ≥4 allergenic extracts. In regard to frequencies of main allergen groups, Pollens (51%) and Moulds(29%) were considered the most common aeroallergens, among pollen the bermuda (34%) had the highest rate of sensitization while sensitization to food allergens was(9%) . We concluded that pollens and in particular bermuda were the frequent causative aeroallergens in patients with atopic dermatitis.

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