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Chapter-30 Diagnostic Skin Tests

BOOK TITLE: Medical Laboratory Technology: Methods and Interpretations (2 Volumes)

Author
1. Sood Ramnik
ISBN
9788184484496
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11776_31
Edition
6/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
7
Author Affiliations
1. Manipal Health Systems (Manipal Group), Manipal Health Systems, (Manipal Group), Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Manipal Health Systems (Manipal Group), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Healthcare Mena Limited, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Healthcare Meena, Sharjah, UAE, Reem Medical and Diagnostic Centre, Healthcare Mena Limited, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Reem Medical and Diagnostic Center, Healthcare Mena Limited, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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Various skin test techniques are covered (intracutaneous injection, Transcutaneous administration, Patch tests) in the beginning. Covered next are Immunologic Basis For Skin Tests (Toxin-antitoxin neutralization, Anaphylactic/immediate reactions, Tuberculin type/delayed reactions). Various skin tests are adequately described – like. Schick test, Dick test, Scultz-Chatrlton reaction, Test for sensitivity to horse serum, Direct skin tests for allergens, Prausnitz-Kustner reaction, Penicillin Hypersensitivity, Foshay’s Test, Tuberculin test, , Ducrey Test, Brucellergen test, Tularemia skin test, Frei test, Casoni reaction, Trichinella skin test, Coccidiodin test, Histoplasmin test, Blastomycin test, Kveim-Siltzbach test, Toxoplasma skin test, Cat scratch fever test, and tests for Candidiasis, Filariasis are mentioned in necessary detail.

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