Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and serological characterization of AD patients from Austria1
| Patient | Sex | Age | Symptoms | Allergies |
Total IgE (kU/L) |
SA IgE | EC IgE | SA enterotoxin RAST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollen | Food | Other | ||||||||
| A1 | M | 56 | AD, RC | t, g, w | mi | 1720 | + | + | SEA (1), SEB (2), SEC (2), SED (1), SEE (2), TSST (2) | |
| A2 | M | 38 | AD, RC | t, g, w | s, n, ap, c | a, mi | >2000 | + | + | SEA (2), SEB (2), SEC (2), SED (2), SEE (2), TSST (2) |
| A3 | M | 39 | AD, RC | t, g, w | mi | 1060 | − | + | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0), TSST(1) | |
| A4 | F | 61 | AD, AS | t, g | s | mi | ND | + | + | SEA (1), SEB (2), SEC (2), SED (1), SEE (1), TSST (1) |
| A5 | F | 45 | AD | t, g | mk | a, mi | ND | + | − | ND |
| A6 | F | 80 | AD, AS | t, g | a | >1000 | + | + | SEB (1), SEC (1), TSST (2) | |
| A7 | F | 44 | AD | ap, n | 165 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (2), SEC (0), TSST (0) | ||
| A8 | F | 46 | AD | c | a, mi | 271 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0), TSST (0) | |
| A9 | F | 43 | AD, RC | t, g | ap, n | a | 802 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (2), SEC (0), TSST (1) |
| A10 | F | 73 | AD | g | mi | >2000 | + | − | SEA (2), SEB (2), SEC (2), SED (2), SEE (2), TSST (3) | |
| A12 | M | 52 | AD, RC, AS | a, mi | >2000 | + | + | SEA (2), SEB (2), SEC (2), SED (2), SEE (2), TSST (2) | ||
| A13 | M | 67 | AD | mi | >5000 | − | + | SEA (1), SEB (2), SEC (2) | ||
| A14 | F | 29 | AD, RC | t, g, w | mi | 46 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0) | |
| A15 | F | 36 | AD, AS | t, g, w | a, mi | 580 | − | − | ND | |
| A16 | F | 38 | AD, RC | t, g, w | a | 270 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0) | |
| A17 | M | 66 | AD, RC | t, g, w | n, ap | mi | 932 | − | − | ND |
| A18 | M | 34 | AD, RC | t, g, w | >2000 | − | + | ND | ||
| A19 | F | 37 | AD, RC | t, g, w | n, ap, k | 339 | − | − | ND | |
| A20 | M | 36 | AD, RC | t, g, w | ap, ca | >2000 | − | − | SEA (2), SEB (1), SEC (1), SED (1), SEE (1), TSST (2) | |
| A21 | M | 48 | AD, RC, AS | t, g, w | n, ap, k, ca | mi | >2000 | − | + | TSST (2) |
| A22 | F | 54 | AD, RC, AS | t | ap, ca, c | 187 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0) | |
| A23 | M | 49 | AD, RC, AS | g | mi | 196 | − | − | ND | |
| A24 | F | 34 | AD, RC | t | n, ap, c | a | 189 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0) |
| A25 | F | 29 | AD, RC, AS | t, g, w | mi | 294 | − | − | ND | |
| A26 | M | 37 | AD, RC | t, g, w | 380 | − | − | ND | ||
| A27 | M | 41 | AD, RC | t, g, w | a, mi | 290 | − | − | SEA (0), SEB (0), SEC (0) | |
| A28 | M | 34 | AD, RC | t, g, w | ap | a | 309 | − | − | ND |
| A29 | M | 36 | AD, RC | t, g, w | n, ap, k | 512 | − | − | ND | |
| A30 | M | 51 | AD, RC | t, g, w | k | mi | 80 | − | − | ND |
| A31 | M | 38 | AD, RC | t | 27 | − | − | ND | ||
| A32 | F | 34 | AD, RC, AS | g | n, k, ca | 112 | − | − | ND | |
| A33 | F | 30 | AD, RC | t, g, w | a, mi | >2000 | + | + | SEA (1), SEB (2), SEC (3), SED (2), TSST (2) | |
| A34 | M | 27 | AD | t, g, w | n, ap, p | a | 205 | − | − | ND |
| A35 | F | 43 | AD, RC | t, g | n, ap, p, mk | a, mi | 19464 | + | + | ND |
| A36 | F | 31 | AD | t | ap | a | 2923 | + | + | ND |
1
a, animals; AD, atopic dermatitis; ap, apple; AS, asthma; c, celery; ca, carrot; EC, E. coli ; F, female; g, grass; k, kiwi; kU/L, kilo units per liter; M, male; mi, mites; mk, milk; n, nuts; ND, not determined; p, peach; RC, rhinoconjunctivitis; s, seafood; SA, S. aureus ; SE, staphylococcal enterotoxins; t, trees; TSST, toxic shock syndrome toxin; w, weeds; +, positive reaction; −, negative reaction