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Table 2 Medical conditions of patients included for testing

From: Antibiotic skin testing accompanied by provocative challenges in children is a useful clinical tool

Limited treatment options/Reaction to multiple antibiotics

12 (28.6%)

Chronic Respiratory Disease

9 (21.4%)

Cystic fibrosis: 7

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: 1

Asthma: 1

Asplenic

6 (14.3%)

Sickle Cell: 1

Hereditary Spherocytosis: 1

End Stage Renal Disease

6 (14.3%)

Muskoloskeletal Infection/Foreign Body

5 (11.9%)

Severe ureteric reflux

2 (4.8%)

Spina Bifida

1 (2.3%)

Malignancy

1 (2.3%)