Use

This test is useful for establishing a diagnosis of an allergy to tomatoes. It helps define the allergen responsible for eliciting allergic signs and symptoms, identifying allergens responsible for allergic responses or anaphylactic episodes, confirming sensitization prior to beginning immunotherapy, and investigating the specificity of allergic reactions to insects, drugs, or chemicals. However, it is not useful for determining residual clinical sensitivity in patients previously treated with immunotherapy or in patients whose management does not depend on identifying allergen specificity.