%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of a new Skin Prick Test Tape with the conventional skin prick test
%A Claus Bachert
%A Huiping Ye
%A Min Jia
%A Nan Zhang
%A Ran Wu
%A Zhengpeng Gong
%A Zhijie Yang
%J Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.jaci.2018.08.036
%X The skin prick test (SPT) has been used as a primary diagnostic tool to detect type
I hypersensitivity reactions in individual patients or to screen for atopy in epidemiologic
studies.1 Studies comparing the SPT to in£¿vitro test systems such as ImmunoCap and
total serum IgE have shown that the SPT has the best positive predictive value and
the best efficiency to diagnose respiratory atopic diseases.2 Furthermore, the SPT
gives immediate information for both patients and physicians. Although it is the major
diagnostic test for type I immediate hypersensitivity worldwide, such as for allergic
rhinitis, asthma, and occupational and food allergy, further developments concerning
standardization and ease of application are needed.
%U https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(18)31287-9/abstract