Laboratory Diagnosis and Clinic Significance of Drug Allergies / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE The diagnosis of drug allergy is difficult and is usually based on clinical history,skin tests(for some drugs) and,in a few specialized allergy centers,provocation tests.To establish the method for analyzing basophil activation test(BAT) by flow cytometry(FCM) and evaluate its clinical significance in the diagnosis of drug allergy.METHODS The protocol for FCM analysis of basophil degranulation in allergy dustmite by CD63,CD203c and CD45 combination was established.The clinical significance of activated basophil by FCM was evaluated by comparing with the results of sIgE by fluorescence enzyme-linked absorbent assay(FELISA),regarding the skin prick test as the gold standard.RESULTS Pure basophils were got by CD45 and CD203c gating,CD63 was the best marker for activated basophil;Spearman′s correlation coefficients indicated a moderate positive correlation between SIgE class categorized by Unicap class and activated basophil;there was no significant difference between activated basophil by FCM and sIgE by FELISA in the diagnosis of allergic reaction,but the former was better than the latter in specificity and positive likelihood ratio.CONCLUSIONS Quantification of activated basophil by CD63 expression with FCM is a valuable new and safe method in vitro for diagnosis of immediate type hypersensitization.