Allergy Classification ====================== Type I - immediate, atopic, reaginic, anaphylactic, IgE-mediated, humoral hypersensitivity - examples: urticaria, angioedema, anaphylaxis Type II - cytotoxic reactions, cytolytic complement-dependent cytotoxicity, cell-stimulating reactions - examples: hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenic purpura, pemphigus, pemphigoid, myasthenia Type III - immune complex, soluble immune complex hypersensitivity reactions, toxic complex reactions - examples: serum sickness, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarteritis, cryoglobulinemia, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, acute glomerulonephritis, Arthus reaction. Type IV - cellular, cell-mediated, delayed, or tuberculin-type hypersensitivity reactions - examples: contact dermatitis, allograft reaction, some drug reactions - usually delayed by 24-48 hours