title: [The basophil degranulation test in the diagnosis of bee and wasp sting allergies].
abstract: Comparison of basophil degranulation test (BDT) with radioallergosorbent test (RAST) in 50 patients with anamnestically certain or probable hymenoptera allergy yielded practically equal results. In patients who had experienced their allergic reaction a long time ago, BDT seemed to react positively over a longer period of time than RAST. As BDT is technically easy to perform and moderate in price, it is suited to substitute RAST.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001491:Basophils / Q000276:immunology*; D001514:Bee Venoms / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test; D014862:Wasp Venoms / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001514:Bee Venoms; D014862:Wasp Venoms
vernacular_title: Der Basophilen-Degranulationstest in der Diagnostik von Bienen- und Wespenstich-Allergien.