Diagnostic criteria for acute food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. Is the work in progress?

Allergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2018 Nov-Dec;46(6):607-611. doi: 10.1016/j.aller.2017.09.033. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

Abstract

Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a non IgE-mediated gastrointestinal food allergic disorder. Some diagnostic criteria have been published for acute FPIES. Of course, they are not all the same, so the clinician must choose which ones to adopt for his/her clinical practice. We present here a brief review of these criteria and, through two clinical cases, show how the choice of one or the other can change the diagnostic destiny of a child with suspect FPIES.

Keywords: Diagnostic criteria; Food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Allergens / immunology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diet Therapy
  • Egg Proteins, Dietary / immunology*
  • Enterocolitis
  • Female
  • Fish Proteins, Dietary / immunology*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / diet therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Allergens
  • Egg Proteins, Dietary
  • Fish Proteins, Dietary