BACKGROUND In the general population, reports on suspected ß-lactam hypersensitivity are common. After a drug allergy work-up at best 20% of the selected patients are positive. However, these considerations have not been explored in cystic fibrosis patients for whom antibiotics are even more crucial. METHODS The study, part of the Drug Allergy and Hypersensitivity (DAHD) cohort, was performed...

Previous epidemiologic studies have reported that a history of allergy is associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer and other malignancies. We studied the association between allergy history and incident colorectal cancer (n=410) prospectively in 21,292 Iowa women followed for 8 years. Allergy was defined from four self-reported questions about physician-diagnosed asthma (a), hay fever ...

Food allergies are classified into three types, "IgE-mediated," "combined IgE- and cell-mediated" and "cell-mediated/non-IgE-mediated," depending on the involvement of IgE in their pathogenesis. Patients who develop predominantly cutaneous and/or respiratory symptoms belong to the IgE-mediated food allergy type. On the other hand, patients with gastrointestinal food allergy (GI allergy) usually...

To ascertain the prevalence of allergy symptoms and consumer measures for eye, nose, skin, food, and asthma by prefecture. The self-evaluation questionnaire was mailed to 100,000 subjects throughout Japan by the OTC distribution network of Fujiyakuhin Co., Ltd. The prevalence of allergy symptoms for eye, nose, skin, food, and asthma was 17.3, 26.7, 14.5, 4.5, and 5.4%, respectively. These value...

The authors evaluated mRNA TLR4 expression on neutrophils and the chosen parameters of oxidative-antioxidative balance in blood of 35 children with food allergy (17 of them with IgE-dependent allergy and 18 with IgE-independent allergy) and 15 healthy children without any allergy. The age of these children ranged from 1 to 36 months. Children with food allergy in comparison with healthy childre...

Geohelminth infections and allergic disease are major public health problems and there is evidence in developing countries that they are associated. Although there is an extensive literature of the relationship between geohelminth infections and allergy, there is little consensus on whether the association is causal and if so, whether geohelminth infections may increase or decrease the risk of ...

Allergy to peanut is a severe and life altering health problem faced by increasing numbers of children and adults. It affects 1 to 2% of children in Westernised countries. Peanut allergy is the leading cause of anaphylaxis and death due to food allergy. Over the last 10-15 years the prevalence of peanut allergy has doubled in the United clinical experience of local allergists indicates a rising...

The publisher regrets we have been made aware of the below errors:1)In Table 15, row NOVEOS chemiluminescent assay is written “utilizes 40 ?L (0.04 ml) sample per result”. correct value would be “4 (0.004 ml)" result.2)In 16, “NOVEOS menu has 79 available allergens, consisting 69 extracts and 10 molecular allergens”. It should say continues to increase it 152 total allergens with 108 44 compone...

Aims: Food allergy to mustard is often unrecognised in children; however, it deserves early recognition as a potentially severe immunoglobulin e (IgE)--mediated with risk of anaphylaxis. The aim this work show the value performing an oral challenge test confirm diagnosis allergy.
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BACKGROUND The principle reason for referral to specialist allergy clinics is to establish diagnoses and provide treatment plans to help patients manage their allergy. If patients do not accept, understand, or remember diagnoses or treatment, clinic visits may have been a waste of time. Few specialist allergy clinics follow up patients after diagnosis. DESIGN AND METHODS This was a postal sur...