This content is machine translated Cyto-LTT Improved in vitro diagnostics of late-type drug exanthema. Late-type allergies to medications can take a variety of forms, from mild exanthema to life-threatening reactions. Diagnosis is usually difficult and is based on history, skin testing and the classic…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Basophil Activation Test (BAT) Improved in vitro diagnostics for drug allergy and anaphylaxis Immediate-type allergies to drugs can cause severe reactions up to and including anaphylaxis. The provocation test is still the “gold standard”, but carries the risk of a renewed allergic reaction.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Allergo Update 2018, Cologne Biologics create new therapeutic perspectives Atopic dermatitis (AD) is considered complex, is allergen-mediated in most patients, and is associated with many comorbidities. Increasing knowledge of key inflammatory mediators has paved the way for new biologics…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 11th spring cycle in Lucerne Bronchial asthma in children and adolescents Childhood asthma management is now based on close patient follow-up, including self-management education. But is it asthma at all? A question to ask yourself first. Rates of overdiagnosis are high.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Bronchial asthma Good symptom control achievable in most asthma patients New options for modern asthma therapy in adults based on the recently published new asthma guideline of the German Respiratory League were presented in Cologne.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Happy New Year! From the New Year’s aperitif to the emergency ward At the New Year’s dinner, the chief surgical resident ended up in his emergency ward with an acute allergy attack already at the aperitif. Latex allergens were responsible for this.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGDV Annual Congress 2017, Bern Is serology necessary for Lyme disease diagnosis? Lyme serology or even PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests are by no means always necessary when it comes to diagnosing skin borreliosis and initiating treatment. In typical erythema migrans, the…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) Effectiveness, study situation, implementation With aeroallergens, in contrast to animal epithelia, allergen scarcity can still be achieved due to their ubiquitous occurrence, so allergen-specific immunotherapy is coming to the fore. ASIT is a causal…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Year-round bronchial asthma – in search of an allergen source If, in the case of year-round bronchial asthma, no causative agent can be identified from among the usual suspects such as budgerigars or desert jumping mice, but any aquarium dwellers…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Zurich Dermatology Training Days Current research in a nutshell There were numerous interesting developments from research in 2017. Including comparative studies on bullous pemphigoid and new guidelines on cosmetic treatments under isotretinoin. There’s also news on melanoma.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SSP/SSAI Joint Annual Meeting 2017, St. Gallen Practical problems with skin testing for allergies At the 2017 joint annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Paediatrics (SSP) and the Swiss Society for Allergology and Immunology (SSAI), PD Dr. Kathrin Scherer, Dermatology, University Hospital Basel,…
