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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Rev Allergy Immunol. 2022 Jan 29;62(3):505–518. doi: 10.1007/s12016-021-08919-5

Table 5.

Macrolide skin test skin testing concentrations

Drug Skin Prick Test (mg/mL) Intradermal Test (mg/mL) References
Erythromycin NP 0.05* [27]
10 0.1, 1, 10 [119]
Azithromycin NP 0.01* [27]
250 mg tablet suspended in saline solution NP [125]
100 0.01 [121]
10 0.1, 1, 10 [119]
Clarithromycin** 50 0.05, 0.5* and 5 [132]
50 0.05–0.5 [121]
50 0.0005, 0.005 and 0.05 [133]
0.1 0.001–10 [125]
10 0.1, 1, 10 [119]

NP - not performed

*

NIC;

**

Not available in intravenous form in the USA