IgE Antibodies Reactive with Silverfish, Cockroach and Chironomid Are Frequently Found in Mite-Positive Allergic Patients
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
- Vol. 108 (2) , 165-169
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000237134
Abstract
Approximately 30% of the house dust mite allergic patients in The Netherlands have IgE antibodies reactive with silverfish, cockroach and/or chironomid. In allergic patients without IgE antibodies against Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus less than 5% have IgE antibodies reactive with these insects. By means of RAST inhibition studies it is shown that cross-reactivity exits between D. pteronyssinus and silverfish, cockroach or chironomid. This means that a positive RAST for silverfish, cockroach, chironomid or D. pteronyssinus cannot be taken as evidence for exposure.Keywords
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