Original Article
29 May 2014 / 17 April 2024 by almaware
Background: Until now no data on allergic sensitization to rodents allergens in Western Europe and Italy are available. The aim of this report was to investigate clinical significance and characteristics of IgE-mediated sensitization to mouse/rat (M/Rt) allergens in atopic subjects not occupationally exposed to these animals and living in urban area of Naples. Methods: In […]
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Background: Most Health Care Systems consider Continuing Medical Education a potential tool to improve quality of care and reduce disease management costs. Its efficacy in general practitioners needs to be further explored. Objective: This study assesses the effectiveness of a one-year continuing medical education/ continuing professional development course for general practitioners, regarding the improvement in […]
Eotaxin is a potent agonist for CC chemokine receptor 3 that can attract eosinophils at sites of inflammation. Given the potential role of eosinophils in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CU), we measured serum eotaxin levels together with C-reactive protein in 100 CU patients who were characterized according to autologous serum skin test (ASST) and disease severity. […]
Review
Allergen specific immunotherapy remains the only means to change the natural history of allergic disease. Thanks to the recent advances in molecular biology a large spectrum of purified allergen molecules are presently routinely available for diagnostic purposes. This review represents a practical guide on how to use these new diagnostic tools in order to detect […]
Case Report
Angioedema due to C1 – inhibitor deficiency may be hereditary (HAE) or acquired (AAE). AAE is a very rare condition, whose prevalence is possibly underestimated, as it is often unrecognized. AAE usually occurs after the fourth decade of life, and it is commonly associated to an underlying disease, mainly lymphoproliferative disorders. We report a 74-years […]
A 39-years-old man afferred to our hospital for a fever lasting for more than 6 months, without abnormalities at physical examination (in particular no skin alterations); a recent laboratory and instrumental investigation was ineffective and so a fever of unknown origin (FUO) was diagnosed. Since he reported an history of infantile mastocytosis (usually auto-resolving) we […]
The prevalence of food allergy and anaphylaxis in children is reported to be increasing in recent years. Evidence suggests that exposure to large doses of antigen favors the maintenance of tolerance. We report a case of sudden loss of cow’s milk tolerance in a long-sensitized girl with celiac disease after a short period of milkless […]
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Pollen allergy may be frequently associated with oral allergy to fruits and/or vegetables (the so called oral allergic syndrome). Some studies reported a possible positive effect exerted by allergen-specific immunotherapy on OAS course, while others did not. A case of OAS case onset after starting sublingual immunotherapy is reported.
A patient monosensitized to plane pollen is described. On ISAC 103 the patients showed IgE reactivity to both Pla a 1 and Pla a 2, but on immunoblot analysis the serum showed a single IgE reactivity at about 50 kDa allergen.
Paracetamol anaphylaxis is a very rare event, with only a few cases described in literature and even less reported in children. We report the case of a 15-year-old boy, referred to Immunoallergy Department due to four reproducible episodes of anaphylaxis after paracetamol administration, since the age of 8 years. The most severe episode occurred at […]