WAO Allergy Quiz

Check your AQ (Allergy Quotient)

Edited by Glenis Scadding, MD

This month's quiz question was contributed by Dr. Juan Schuhl.

Posted: 15 April 2010

Which of the following statements about *atopic dermatitis is FALSE?

a. A large number of patients have defects in protein filaggrin.
b. All patients with atopic dermatitis/eczema have high levels of food-specific IgE.
c. S.aureus can be cultured from 90% of the lesions of patients with atopic dermatitis.
d. Serum IL-31 levels correlate with disease activity in patients with atopic dermatitis.

*See Editor's Note regarding "atopic eczema" nomenclature.