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Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a very common condition presenting to an Otorhinolaryngologist. Prevalence of AR is on the increase and it has significant impact on quality of life of the patient. Skin prick test (SPT) is a simple test to determine allergen sensitization status in patients with AR. There is wide variation in allergen panel used in SPT among various allergy clinics and many centres use a large panel of allergens which requires multiple skin pricks for the patient undergoing the test. Our aim was to identify a minimum panel of allergens among patients with symptoms of AR undergoing SPT which could be used as a screening panel for AR. The present study is a cross sectional study in patients with symptoms of AR undergoing SPT at Allergy clinic of Bangalore Baptist hospital over a period of 18 months from January 2018. 149 patients were included in the study and 26 patients who had negative SPT for all allergens tested were excluded. Prevalence of sensitization for individual allergens was calculated. House dust mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae) was the most prevalent allergen to which 73.9% and 65.8% of our study population was sensitized respectively. We identified a minimum allergen panel of 3 allergens (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Lambs quarter and Dermatophagoides farinae) which could identify > 90% of patients sensitized in the study group.
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I wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Carolin George, Mr. Tata Rao for the help offered for statistical analysis and Mrs. Chaitra for translation and technical help.
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Palliyalthodi, R.H., Datta, B., Thomas, A.M. et al. Minimum Allergen Screening Panel for Allergic Rhinitis in Bangalore: A Cross Sectional Study. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 2), 1202–1206 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-020-02280-3
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