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Table 1 The frequency and percentage of different patterns of IgE-sensitization to whole extract and molecules of Apis mellifera, Vespula vulgaris and Polistes dominulus in ALEX test

From: The role of molecular diagnosis in anaphylactic patients with dual or triple-sensitization to Hymenoptera venoms

IgE sensitization to whole extracts of hymenoptera in ALEX test

IgE sensitization pattern

Total

Single-Sensitization to Api m extract (n = 15)

Single-sensitization to Ves v extract (n = 1)

Single-sensitization to Pol d extract (n = 2)

Double-sensitization to Api m and Ves v extracts (n = 0)

Double-sensitization to Api m and Pol d (n = 2) extracts

Double-sensitization to Ves v and Pol d extracts (n = 2)

Multi-sensitization to Api m, Ves v and Pol d

Extracts (n = 0)

All extracts negative (n = 10)

IgE sensitization patterns to allergenic molecules of Hymenoptera in ALEX test and ImmunoCAP

 Api m 1+/Api m 2−/Api m 10−

8 (25)

5 (33.3)

0

0

0

1 (50)

1 (50)

0

1 (10)

 Api m 1−/Api m 2+/Api m 10−

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Api m 1−/Api m 2−/Api m 10+

3 (9.4)

3 (20%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Api m 1+/Api m 2+/Api m 10−

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Api m 1+/Api m 2−/Api m 10+

5 (15.6)

4 (26.7)

0

0

0

1 (50)

0

0

0

 Api m 1−/Api m 2 + /Api m 10 + 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Api m 1+/Api m 2+/Api m 10+

3 (9.4)

3 (20%)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Api m 1−/Api m 2−/Api m 10−

13 (40.6)

0

1 (100)

2 (100)

0

0

1 (50)

0

 

 Ves v 1+/Ves v 5−

4 (12.5)

1 (6.7)

0

1 (50)

0

0

0

0

2 (20)

 Ves v 1−/Ves v 5+

2 (6.7)

0

0a

0

0

1 (50)

0

0

1 (10)

 Ves v 1+/Ves v 5+

9 (30)

1 (6.7)

0a

1 (50)

0

1 (50)

2 (100)

0

4 (44.4)a

 Ves v 1−/Ves v 5−

15 (46.9)

13 (86.7)

0

0

0

0

0

0

2 (20)

 Pol d 5+

7 (21.9)

0

0

2 (100)

0

2 (100)

2 (100)

0

1 (10)

 Pol d 5−

25 (78.1)

15 (100)

1 (100)

0

0

0

0

0

9 (90)

  1. aThe specific IgE to Ves v 1 was unavailable for two patients. Moreover, the specific IgE to Ves v 5 was positive for both patients. Therefore, the pattern of IgE sensitization for these two patients could be Ves v 1+/Ves v 5+ or Ves v 1−/Ves v 5+