Aerobiology: 223 Patterns of Skin Prick Test Positivity in 519 Patients with Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma in Mexico City

摘要

BackgroundThere are studies in Mexico and worldwide about the patterns of positivity of skin prick test and the most frecuently allergens were: Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (DPT), tree pollens (Ash/Oak in Mexico, Oak in U.S.A, Birch in Europe), grasses (Bermuda in Mexico, Timothy in U.S.A and Lolium in Europe) and thirdly cat ephitelium(CE). The reactivity to allergens was more common in males and the age groups in which there were positive skin test with the highest prevalence was from 5 to 15 years and 21 to 40 years.