Influence of histamine controls on skin tests with hymenoptera venom.
Fifty patients were skin tested to hymenoptera venom because of histories of systemic anaphylaxis to a sting. Ten percent had false positive skin tests when a histamine control was placed on the same extremity concomitantly.
D000818:Animals; D001514:Bee Venoms / Q000276:immunology*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D006927:Hymenoptera; D012882:Skin Tests / Q000379:methods; D014862:Wasp Venoms / Q000276:immunology
D001514:Bee Venoms; D014862:Wasp Venoms; D006632:Histamine