Practical Guide to Patch Testing

Eustachio Nettis is Director of the Allergic Dermatology Unit at the University Hospital of Bari Policlinico, and qualified Associate Professor of Medicine. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Bari Aldo Moro in 1984, he specialized there in Allergic Diseases and later in Dermatology, with honors. He has ample experience in teaching to upper graduates in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and acted as consultant at the Ospedale Militare "Bonomo" in Bari for over ten years. While being elected Vice President of the Italian Society for Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC) for the 2017-2019 and 2019-2021 mandates, he also continues as Section Editor for the journal Clinical Molecular Allergy. His main research focus is on allergic and dermatological diseases, particularly on Patch tests methodology and his clinical activities include outpatient and inpatient follow up for allergic diseases, clinical immunology and dermatological diseases. He is author and coauthor of more than 200 full papers in peer-reviewed journals on different topics in the field of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Dermatology and authored books and chapters on general allergic diseases, dermatology, immunology and allergy.

Preface.- Contact Dermatitis.- Patch Testing.- Reading of Patchtest Reactions.- Evaluation of the Clinical Relevance of a Positive Patchtest Reaction.- Management of the Allergic Patient.- Other Techiniques of Diagnosis.- Examples of Patch Test Reactions and Related 72-hour Readings.-Bibliography