Otto Prausnitz

Otto Carl Willy Prausnitz (October 11, 1876 in Hamburg[1] – April 21, 1963), also known as Carl Prausnitz-Giles, was a German physician, bacteriologist, and hygienist who developed the Prausnitz–Küstner test with Heinz Küstner.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ David W. Hide: Carl Prausnitz - Father of Clinical Allergy. Southampton Medical Journal, Vol. 8 No. 2 in October 1992.
  2. ^ Metzger H (2003), "Two Approaches to Peanut Allergy", New England Journal of Medicine, 348 (11): 1046–1048, doi:10.1056/nejme030007, PMID 12637615
  3. ^ Prausnitz C, Küstner H (1921), "Studien über die Ueberempfindlichkeit", Zentralbl Bakteriol, 86: 160–169
  4. ^ Stegman JK, Branger E, ed. (2006), Stedman's Medical Dictionary (28 ed.), Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins, ISBN 0-7817-3390-1
  5. ^ "Names" (PDF). The London Gazette. March 7, 1939. Retrieved April 9, 2010.