This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

A Summary in Table Form

RUDOLF L. BAER, M.D.; MEYER YANOWITZ, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1950;62(4):491-501.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

THE SKIN often enables one to a ascertain whether or not a person has had adequate exposure to a particular infectious or parasitic agent. This ability of recording more or less permanently experiences which the skin has undergone has been called ``mnemodermie.'' It will be impossible here to discuss the technical and immunologic details of the various skin test procedures. This has been done adequately in the available textbooks.¹ However, a few introductory remarks appear necessary to facilitate the understanding of the tables presented.

In infectious and parasitic diseases, skin tests can be utilized for the following purposes: (1) to establish whether exposure has taken place, (2) to establish whether the skin is in a state of relative susceptibility or resistance and (3) to help in making the diagnosis and prognosis.

The altered reactivity of the skin which occurs after clinical or subclinical exposure to certain infections or infestations may, with or without demonstrable reexposure, last for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

Footnotes
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology, Chicago, December 1949.

In part based on the tables in Sulzberger, M. B., and Baer, R. L.: "Office Immunology Including Allergy: A Guide for the Practitioner," Chicago, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., 1947.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?