Real-Life Utility of Basophil Activation Test in the Diagnosis of Immediate Hypersensitivity Drug Reactions.
Dimitra KoumakiStamatios GregoriouGeorgios EvangelouAlexander C KatoulisMarios PapadakisSabine Elke Krueger-KrasagakisAikaterini DoxastakiDimitrios MylonakisKonstantinos KrasagakisPublished in: Dermatology and therapy (2023)
The sensitivity of BAT for drug allergies is limited, but it can nevertheless be very helpful before contemplating provocation testing in cases of life-threatening drug allergies where patients cannot be rechallenged or in cases of medications for which no other tests are available or their results are ambiguous.