• J Dtsch Dermatol Ges · Nov 2008

    Practice Guideline

    Skin testing with food allergens. Guideline of the German Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI), the Physicians' Association of German Allergologists (ADA) and the Society of Pediatric Allergology (GPA) together with the Swiss Society of Allergology.

    • Margot Henzgen, Barbara K Ballmer-Weber, Stephan Erdmann, Thomas Fuchs, Jörg Kleine-Tebbe, Ute Lepp, Bodo Niggemann, Martin Raithel, Imke Reese, Joachim Saloga, Stefan Vieths, Torsten Zuberbier, Thomas Werfel, German Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI), Physicians' Association of German Allergologists (ADA), Society of Pediatric Allergology (GPA), and Swiss Society of Allergology.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumology and Allergology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07740 Jena, Germany. Margot.Henzgen@med.uni-jena.de
    • J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2008 Nov 1; 6 (11): 983-8.

    AbstractSkin testing has a central role in the diagnosis of food allergy. Prick testing is well- established as a routine diagnostic tool. Nonetheless, unstable allergens and the lack of standardized extracts create difficulties in the identification of sensitization to foods in patients with suspected food allergy. Therefore prick-to-prick tests with native (raw, fresh) foods are still recommended. The indications and contraindications are the same as those of routine skin testing in clinical allergology. We recommend a careful and restricted application of skin tests in patients with a history of severe anaphylaxis to foods.

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