Journal article
Ethylene oxide allergy in a dialysis center: prevalence in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis populations.
Abstract
Chronic hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients in one dialysis center were examined for (EO)-related sensitization. Five of 56 (8.9%) HD patients and 0 of 30 PD patients skin tested with a conjugate of human serum albumin (HSA) and EO had positive skin prick tests. The sera of 13 of 107 (12.1%) HD patients including sera from 5 patients with negative skin tests were positive in an EO-HSA radioallergosorbent test (RAST). …
Authors
Marshall C; Shimizu A; Smith EK; Dolovich J
Journal
Clinical Nephrology, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 346–349
Publication Date
June 1984
ISSN
0301-0430