PMID- 14675477
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040423
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0905-6157 (Print)
IS  - 0905-6157 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 6
DP  - 2003 Dec
TI  - Cutaneous reactions to pine processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) 
      in pediatric population.
PG  - 482-6
AB  - Cutaneous lesions caused by pine processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea 
      pityocampa, TP) are frequent in pinewood areas. However, no epidemiological 
      studies have been performed so far in the pediatric population. In this study, we 
      evaluated the relevance of reactions to pine processionary caterpillar in the 
      pediatric population of our environment and determined the possible role of an 
      IgE-mediated mechanism. A questionnaire was developed and given to 1,101 children 
      and adolescents ranging from 3 to 17 years of age from rural areas with large 
      pine forests. A total of 653 questionnaires were answered by the children or 
      their parents. The search for immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated cases was based on 
      the presence of a suspected reaction to caterpillar and confirmed by in vivo 
      (skin prick) and in vitro (immunoblotting) tests. Sixty of the 653 people 
      interviewed (9.18%) identified a cutaneous reaction from exposure to the 
      processionary caterpillar. Within this group only four cases (6.7%) were because 
      of an IgE-mediated mechanism. The predominant clinical feature of these patients 
      with allergy to caterpillar was contact urticaria. We present the first study of 
      cutaneous reactions to pine processionary caterpillar in a large pediatric 
      population. This is a frequent pathology in pinery zones and only in a minority 
      of the cases are because of an IgE-mediated allergic mechanism. This fact 
      contrasts with studies in adults, where this percentage is much greater.
FAU - Vega, M L
AU  - Vega ML
AD  - Centro de Salud Portillo, Valladolid, Spain. cesarbenitof@wanadoo.es
FAU - Vega, J
AU  - Vega J
FAU - Vega, J M
AU  - Vega JM
FAU - Moneo, I
AU  - Moneo I
FAU - Sanchez, E
AU  - Sanchez E
FAU - Miranda, A
AU  - Miranda A
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Pediatr Allergy Immunol
JT  - Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society 
      of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
JID - 9106718
RN  - 0 (Allergens)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Allergens/*adverse effects
MH  - Animals
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Welfare
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross Reactions
MH  - Dermatitis, Allergic Contact/*etiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypersensitivity, Immediate/etiology
MH  - Immunoblotting
MH  - Male
MH  - Seasons
MH  - Skin Tests
MH  - Spain/epidemiology
MH  - Statistics as Topic
MH  - Urticaria/*etiology
EDAT- 2003/12/17 05:00
MHDA- 2004/04/24 05:00
CRDT- 2003/12/17 05:00
PHST- 2003/12/17 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/04/24 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/12/17 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 066 [pii]
AID - 10.1046/j.0905-6157.2003.00066.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2003 Dec;14(6):482-6. doi: 
      10.1046/j.0905-6157.2003.00066.x.