Stinging Insect Allergy: A Clinician’s Guide

This comprehensive book thoroughly covers stinging insect allergy, addressing all clinical aspects, including diagnosis and therapeutic recommendations. Stinging Insect Allergy: A Clinician’s Guide begins with a look into the entomologic aspects of Hymenoptera insects (bees, vespids, wasps, and ants), which cause nearly all the IgE-mediated reactions due to insects. In rich detail, further chapters examine the unique aspects of common Hymenoptera species, such as bees and fire ants. Later chapters clinically review what is known about non-Hymenoptera biting insects, such as mosquitoes.

In addition, multiple chapters address the overlap of Hymenoptera allergy as practiced in North America and Europe, as well as other sciences. The final chapters cover the impact ecology has on insect allergy and the impact insect allergy has on different areas of medicine, such as mast cell disorders. Stinging Insect Allergy: A Clinician’s Guide is an ideal resource for medical students, residents, allergists, and general practitioners alike, and also serves as an essential reference text for any practitioner of allergy and immunology who desires a complete picture of Hymenoptera and non-Hymenoptera insect allergy.