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RESUMEN Fundamento: Las enfermedades alérgicas constituyen un problema de salud mundial y los ácaros se encuentran entre sus principales agentes etiológicos. Objetivo: Describir el comportamiento de la sensibilización cutánea en pacientes alérgicos, utilizando extractos de ácaros Valergen. Metodología: Se realizó una investigación observacional transversal con 488 pacientes alérgicos de edades entre 5 y 55 años, de ambos sexos; a los cuales se les realizaron pruebas cutáneas con extractos alergénicos de ácaros en el período 2010-2017. Resultados: El 90.8 % de los pacientes mostró sensibilización cutánea positiva a los extractos utilizados, el 58.4 % fue del grupo de edades entre 5 y 14 años, el 51.2 % pertenecía al sexo femenino, predominaron los pacientes con rinitis y asma; la sensibilización cutánea en los pacientes con estas patologías alcanzó una positividad del 90.1 % y 90.6 % respectivamente; un 38.5 % de los pacientes tuvo como ácaro con mayor positividad al VALERGEN-DP (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus). Conclusiones: Los extractos de ácaros VALERGEN-DP (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) de producción nacional, mostraron alta sensibilización cutánea en los pacientes alérgicos objeto de estudio; el ácaro de mayor positividad fue el VALERGEN-DP (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus), seguido del VALERGEN-BT (Blomia tropicalis).
ABSTRACT Background: Allergic diseases are a global health problem and mites are among its main etiological agents. Objective: To describe the behavior of skin sensitization in allergic patients, using Valergen mite extracts. Methodology: A cross-sectional observational investigation was carried out with 488 allergic patients being 5 and 55 years old, from both sexes; which were made skin tests with allergenic extracts of mites in the period 2010-2017. Results: 90.8 % of the patients showed positive skin sensitization to the extracts used, 58.4 % were from between the 5 and 14 age group, 51.2 % were female, patients with rhinitis and asthma predominated; skin sensitization in patients with these pathologies reached a positivity of 90.1 % and 90.6 % respectively; 38.5 % of patients had a mite with greater positivity to VALERGEN-DP (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus). Conclusions: Nationally produced extracts of VALERGEN-DP mites (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) showed high skin sensitization in the allergic patients under study; the most positive mite was VALERGEN-DP (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus), followed by VALERGEN-BT (Blomia tropicalis).
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Allergens , Hypersensitivity , Skin Manifestations , MitesABSTRACT
Background: House dust mite (HDM) allergen quantification in house dust samples before and after the allergen elimination is one means of convincing the target population about the health benefits of allergen removal from their environment. Objective: To produce local reagents for quantification of Der f 1 (major allergen of Dermatophagoides farinae) in dust samples from houses of HDM allergic Thai patients. Methods: Recombinant Der f 1 was used for immunization of a BALB/c mouse for hybridoma production. Polyclonal antibody (PAb) to whole body extract of D. farinae was prepared from an immunized rabbit. A sandwich ELISA (MAb-allergen-PAb) was used, in comparison with the commercialized reagents (Indoor Biotechnology, UK), to quantify Der f 1 in dust samples. Results: Two hybridoma clones, Df1-1 and Df1-2, were established. Their secreted MAbs (MAbDf1-1 and MAbDf1-2, respectively) bound to the homologous antigen as well as native Der f 1 and a crude extract of D. farinae. Epitopes of MAbDf1-1 and MAbDf1-2 were located at amino acid residues 206NSQHYGISNYCQ217 and 283DYW---NSWD-WGDSG298 of Der f 1. MAbDf1-1 had higher affinity to Der f 1 than the MAbDf1-2. A sandwich ELISA (MAbDf1-1-allergen-PAb) and commercialized reagents (MAb1-allergen-MAb2 sandwich ELISA) were used in comparison for quantification of Der f 1 in 42 dust samples collected from bedrooms and living rooms of 21 houses of the HDM allergic patients. All of the 42 dust samples measured by both ELISAs had the Der f 1 levels higher than 2 mg per gram of fine dust which is the HDM allergy sensitizing level. In addition, Der f 1 levels in 41 samples (except 1 sample from a living room) measured by the MAbDf1-1-PAb and MAb1-MAb2 sandwich ELISAs were higher than 10 mg per g of dust which is the morbidity level of HDM allergen. The local sandwich ELISA showed a high coefficient correlation (r = 0.91) in measuring known amounts of recombinant and native Der f 1. The results indicate that the reagents produced in the present study can be used for measuring the environmental levels of HDM Der f 1. The assay can also be used for standardization of the HDM extract for monitoring patient's allergenic status or for immunotherapeutic purpose.
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Skin tests utilizing crude extract prepared from Schistosoma japonicum adult worms together with allergen extracts (housedust and bermuda grass) and control solutions (diluent and histamine phosphate) were done in fourteen proven cases of Schistosomiasis, in thirty four allergic patients, in twelve patients with other various disorders and in twelve normal controls. The crude extracts of S. japonicum elicited significant skin test reactions in allergic patients, in the proven cases of Schistosomiasis and in some patients in the control and the group with other various diseases. This experience indicates the need for a more specific schistosoma antigen for the use in detecting schistosoma infestation.