Werner Aberer

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..Recent innovations may reduce the workload for the technician, and thus help save time and money. More importantly, they might reduce potential sources of error...

..Substances such as glutaraldehyde and p-aminoazobenzole should be tested in certain risk groups only, whereas the steroids budesonide and tixocortol should be tested when clinically suspected...

..In this paper we present a clinical guideline for drug provocation testing in Austria...

..When conducted by experienced clinicians in a carefully monitored setting, however, drug provocation testing is a safe method to confirm or exclude drug hypersensitivity...

..Perianal dermatitis is probably the most common cutaneous disorder of the genitoanal area. Studies on the epidemiology of causative factors are rare...

..Our purpose was to establish the prevalence of airborne contact dermatitis in a routinely patch-tested population and to obtain further epidemiologic data...

..We aimed to compare currently available routine diagnostic tests as well as experimental tests to identify the most accurate diagnostic tool...

..Our intention was to objectify and quantify histamine-associated symptoms and to analyse whether oral administration of the histamine-degrading enzyme diamine oxidase (DAO) caused a reduction of symptoms...

..We confirmed a diagnosis of multifocal herpes simplex infection, and hypothesize that this was a result of his previous eczema herpeticum, an unusual complication, in an otherwise healthy and immunocompetent child...

..Because intradermal skin tests occasionally induce adverse events, they should be performed by experienced personnel in an adequate environment...

..The detection of specific serum immunoglobulin E (sIgE) to Hymenoptera venoms is an established diagnostic tool to diagnose insect venom hypersensitivity. However, the specificity of sIgE detection is a debated issue...

..Despite the fact that low molecular-weight heparins are widely prescribed, this is, to our knowledge, the first observation of a pustular drug eruption attributable to this class of substances...

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..A few milestones have been achieved in this regard; the full accomplishment of these goals still entails a lot of work...

..Complete remission of symptoms has been reported recently in patients with Schnitzler syndrome treated with anakinra, an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist...

..We studied the efficacy of a combination of the antiseptic substances octenidine dihydrochloride and 2-phenoxyethanol (O/P) in mild to moderate inflammatory acne vulgaris...

..Despite the fact, that imiquimod and podophyllotoxin represent common topical agents, direct comparative studies lack. This work compares the effectiveness and safety of self-applied imiquimod 5% cream and podophyllotoxin 0.5% solution...

..The test series with current MWF allergens has to be kept up-to-date based on information from industry and to be kept concise by eliminating test substances which never cause positive reactions...

..But well-defined clinicomorphological features and reaction patterns to single test substances or even whole substance categories could be helpful additional criteria for evaluating patch test responses in clinical practice...

..In addition, this presentation of saint physicians and hospitals, the holy Rochus, better known to those who are under his protection...

..Standardized patch testing makes it possible to systematically investigate allergic contact dermatitis and identify relevant allergens in children...