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Bernd Bonnekoh, MD; Hans F. Merk, MD
University of Cologne (Germany)

JAMA. 1992;267(19):2603.

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To the Editor.

—Sussman et al¹ state that the latex prick skin test is safe and, if performed properly, does not cause an adverse reaction. However, we recently observed anaphylactic shock coinciding with the latex prick test in an atopic female patient suffering from allergy to latex.

Our 17-year-old patient who worked as a dentist's assistant had repeated episodes of contact urticaria as well as anaphylactic shock reactions. These reactions occurred only at her place of work, and they were found to result from skin contact with latex medical gloves and from inhalation of the gloves' powder containing allergenic latex particles.

Fifteen minutes after the onset of latex prick testing (10% aqueous dispersion), a positive local skin reaction was evident, with significant erythema and whealing equal to the reaction to histamine (1:1000). At this time, the patient complained of a sensation of imminent collapse, and within a few minutes, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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