Original Article
10 September 2018 / 17 April 2024 by almaware
The number of patients with uncontrolled asthma is growing especially in young people. Although current therapies improve the disease management, the heterogeneity of clinical outcomes results in patients whose asthma is refractory to standard therapies. To understand not responsive phenotypes, we instituted a web-registry aimed to collect real life data of adolescent and adult patients. […]
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Objectives. The aim of this work was to study the effect of industrial processing on the allergenicity of three commonly consumed Moroccan fish species in Fez region (sardine, common pandora, and shrimp). Methods. This work was conducted by a sera-bank obtained from 1248 patients recruited from Fez Hospitals. Their sera were analyzed for specific IgE […]
10 July 2018 / 17 April 2024 by almaware
Background. Follow-up data about the onset of novel food allergies in patients allergic to lipid transfer protein (LTP) are missing. We investigated the occurrence of novel allergies over time in LTP hypersensitive patients. Methods. Sixty-seven LTP-allergic patients recommended to avoid foods responsible for systemic reactions and encouraged to eat other sensitizing foods avoiding the association […]
A subset of patients with angioedema (AE) and urticaria has histamine releasing autoantibodies. The histamine release test (HR-test) has been used as a tool in chronic urticaria to define the autoimmune subgroup and may possibly guide the clinician to a more personalized therapy, like omalizumab and cyclosporine. The prevalence and value of positive histamine releasing […]
Objective. Describe the safety and long-term use of omalizumab in chronic urticaria (CU), both spontaneous (CSU) and inducible (CIndU). Methods. Retrospective chart-review (2006-15) of CU patients treated with omalizumab for >/= 6 months. Statistical analyses: descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney, generalized linear models. Results. 23 patients with CSU (3 men), 3 with CIndU (2 men). Generalized linear […]
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the effect of heat-treatment and enzymatic hydrolysis on the allergenicity of cow’s milk alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-LA) in a Moroccan population. A total of 557 patients were recruited from the University Hospital Complex and the Ibn El Khatib Hospital of Fez city. This population consented to realize a […]
8 May 2018 / 17 April 2024 by almaware
The Study Group on Allergology of the Italian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SIPMeL) and the Associazione Italiana degli Allergologi e Immunologi Territoriali e Ospedalieri (AAIITO) developed the present recommendations on the diagnosis of allergic diseases based on the use of molecular allergenic components, whose purpose is to provide the pathologists and the […]
Background. Studies proposed a link between gut microbiota and airway tract. Objective. Study the diversity and density of gut microbiota in healthy and asthmatic patients. Method. Semi-quantitative stool cultures were performed from fecal samples collected from 80 adult asthmatic patients and 40 healthy individuals. Data on gender, age, dietetic history, clinical examination and inves-tigations as […]