[The effectiveness and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy for inhalable allergens in patients with respiratory allergies].

Background: Specific immunotherapy is a treatment aimed at modifying the course of the allergic disease, with which important immunological and clinical changes are achieved.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of subcutaneous immunotherapy in patients diagnosed with respiratory allergies in the University Hospital of Puebla, Mexico.

Methods: A longitudinal, analytic, quasi-experimental study.

[Sensitivity and specificity of the modified epicutaneous patch test in the diagnosis of respiratory allergy to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus].

Background: The skin prick test is recognized as the gold standard for the specific diagnosis of allergy.

Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the epicutaneous patch test that has been modified for the diagnosis of respiratory allergy to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus.

Methods: An observational, interpretative, prolective, and transversal study.