title: [Allergy tests in children with seasonal allergic rhinitis].
abstract: The aim of this study is to show positive allergy test od tree pollen, grass pollen and weed pollen in children with season allergic rhinitis. In the study is comprised 335 children, which are tested in Pulmoallergologic out-patient department of Paediatric clinic in Sarajevo in last three years from march 1999 to march 2002 year. In testing was used prick-test with Bencard firm allergen. Criterion for positive reaction was urtica, which appear 20 minutes after testing, with diameter equal or bigger than 3 mm, and erythema was 10 mm. Positive results on tree pollen was in 98 children (29.2%), on grass pollen in 210 children (62.6%), and on weed pollen in 27 children (8.0%). In group of tree pollens Coryllus avellana pollen (Hazel pollen) has the biggest number of positive results in 74 children (75.5%), in group of grass pollens Poa pratensis pollen (Mcadow grass pollen) has biggest number of positive results in 169 children (80.4%) and in group of weed pollens main allergen is Ambrosia clator (Rag weed) in 25 children (92.0%). In therapy of our children we preferred nasal topical corticosteroide Fluticason propionate Flixonase (GlaxoSmithkline) in one daily dose 50 mcg and we had fast and prolonged result in amelioration of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Pedijatrijska klinika, Klinicki centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
authors.forename: Ediba
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saracević
authors.forename: Amra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omercahić-Dizdarević
authors.forename: Snijezana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasanbegović
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007428:Intradermal Tests; D008297:Male; D011058:Pollen / Q000276:immunology; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens