Affiliation:
1. From the, Department of Chest Diseases, Division of Immunology and Allergy, Ankara, Turkey, and
2. Department of Pediatric Immunology and Allergy, Ankara, Turkey
Abstract
Background: A diagnosis of immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated reactions to β-lactam (BL) antibiotics is still challenging because of the limited availability of skin-prick test (SPT), and standardization issues, particularly with newer BLs, are still ongoing. Because encouraging
data are increasingly emerging in the use of basophil activation tests in the diagnosis of IgE-mediated drug hypersensitivity reactions, in this study, we aimed to determine CD203c expression, a basophil surface marker, in the diagnosis of IgE-mediated hypersensitivity to BL antibiotics.
Methods: This study included two groups of subjects. The first group (group 1) (n = 20) included patients with a diagnosis of IgE-mediated allergy to BLs as confirmed through STs or drug provocation tests, and the control group consisted of healthy volunteers (group 2) (n =
24). Expression of CD203c by flow cytometry was studied in samples stimulated by two different concentrations of six different BL antibiotics. A stimulation index ≥ 2 was considered a positive response. Results: The study groups had comparable age and sex distribution.
In the entire group, the sensitivity and specificity of CD203c were 29.4% (5 out of 17) and 82.6% (19 out of 23), respectively. When considering the single reactors, two among four patients who were allergic to amoxicillin demonstrated upregulation of CD203c with amoxicillin, which makes 50%
sensitivity. The specificity was 100%. Conclusion: Our data demonstrated that assessment of CD203c in the diagnosis of IgE-mediated reactions to BLs provided encouraging results, particularly with amoxicillin allergy. However, this finding needs to be verified in a larger
number of cases.
Publisher
Oceanside Publications Inc.
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Immunology and Allergy
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