Lelong M, Bras C, Castelain C, Drain J P
Service de Pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier, Lens.
Allerg Immunol (Paris). 1986 Nov;18(9):19, 21-2.
We relate 21 observations of children who present major local reactions, immediate and delayed after mosquito bites. An associated reagin mechanism is obvious in 8 patients: five positive cutaneous or RAST tests and three a basophil degranulation tests. They are mostly young children (14/21 an less 5 years old). After some difficult years, the evolution is finally favourable with a specific hyposensitization or under antihistaminic protection (ketotifen) during summer.
