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Table 3 Summary of children and adult’s results

From: The utility of the basophil activation test in the diagnosis of immediate amoxicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate hypersensitivity in children and adults

 

Children Number of patients/total; (%)

Adults Number of patients/total; (%)

p

Grading symptoms:

 • Mild

16/18; (88.8)

8/21; (38.10)

0.020

 • Moderate

1/18; (5.5)

0/21; (0)

0.317

 • Severe

1/18; (5.5)

13/21; (61.90)

0.001

 AMX positive ST

3/18; (16.6)

13/18;(72.2)

0.002

 AMX positive BAT

0/18; (0)

5/21; (23.8)

0.025

 AMX or AMX-C positive OPT

3/13; (23.07)

1/6; (16.6)

0.157

  1. AMX amoxicillin, C clavulanate acid, BAT basophil activation test, OPT oral provocation test, ST skin test