The effects of alternate-day corticosteroid therapy on delayed hypersensitivity skin responses.
Alternate-day corticosteroid therapy had been shown to have a suppressive effect on delayed hypersensitivity skin responses elicited on repeated skin testing in an asthmatic population. While the clinical meaning is not clear, it indicates that alternate-day corticosteroid therapy may have a subtle effect on cellular hypersensitivity responses.
D000293:Adolescent; D000941:Antigens; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012882:Skin Tests
D000941:Antigens; D011239:Prednisolone; D011241:Prednisone