Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
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Review Case Reports
Skin testing for immediate hypersensitivity to corticosteroids: a case series and literature review.
Immediate hypersensitivity to corticosteroids is reported to occur with an incidence of 0.1%. The largest previous case series reporting corticosteroid skin testing has seven patients. ⋯ As the largest case series described, this article provides new evidence for the interpretation of skin tests when investigating possible immediate hypersensitivity to corticosteroids.