Clinical profile and follow-up study of 277 children consulting in pneumo-allergology from 1980 to 1982

ABSTRACT

The authors report the results of a retrospective follow-up study of 277 children under 15 years of age, confirming the close correlation already noted between skin tests on one hand [household dust+acariens], and both total and specific IgE on the other. Indeed, a positive correlation was found between skin tests household dust+acariens and total IgE essays in 77.3% of the children in the groups, as compared with 55% in adults [p 0.01]. Household dust and acariens constitute the antigenic mixture most often incriminated, with a positive correlation of skin tests to specific IgE results of 97%. Specific immunotherapy using essentially extracts from household dust and/or acariens concerned 234 children, of which 96 [41%] dropped out of the program months to 3 years after the beginning of treatment. Thus, among the 138 children who carried through their desentization treatment for at least 3 years, the authors note a global subjective improvement in 75% of the cases