Life-threatening anaphylaxis to egg and milk oral immunotherapy in asthmatic teenagers

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2014 Oct;113(4):482-4. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.07.010. Epub 2014 Aug 19.

Authors

Marta Vazquez-Ortiz¹, Montserrat Alvaro², Mónica Piquer², María Teresa Giner², Olga Dominguez², J Lozano², Rosa Jiménez-Feijoo², Francisco José Cambra³, Ana María Plaza²

Affiliations

¹ Paediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Paediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 25153996
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.07.010

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anaphylaxis / immunology*
Animals
Asthma / immunology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Egg Hypersensitivity / therapy*
Egg Proteins, Dietary / administration & dosage
Egg Proteins, Dietary / therapeutic use
Eggs / adverse effects*
Epinephrine / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Male
Milk / adverse effects*
Milk Hypersensitivity / therapy*
Sublingual Immunotherapy / adverse effects*
Sublingual Immunotherapy / methods

Substances

Egg Proteins, Dietary
Epinephrine