Animal dander allergy

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Abstract
In a group of twenty‐three atopic patients skin tests were performed with the dander allergens of horse, cat and guinea‐pig, and with house dust and Timothy pollen allergens. A good agreement was observed between positive skin reactions and the results of RAST with these various allergens. In a number of cases, positive skin reactions were not related to the clinical histories. Likewise, positive RAST scores in several instances proved clinically meaningless. In patients with history‐related skin reactions better correlation with RAST was observed. In such patients, skin reactions with photo‐inactivated allergens remained strongly positive.