PMID- 23283060
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130305
LR  - 20230404
IS  - 1939-4551 (Print)
IS  - 1939-4551 (Electronic)
IS  - 1939-4551 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 7
DP  - 2009 Jul
TI  - The study of egg allergy in children with atopic dermatitis.
PG  - 123-7
LID - 10.1097/WOX.0b013e3181abe7cb [doi]
AB  - CONTEXT: : Food allergy plays a significant pathogenic role among children with 
      atopic dermatitis (AD). OBJECTIVE: : The aims of this study were to evaluate 
      allergy to egg in these children and determine the egg specific immunoglobulin E 
      (IgE) cutoff point. DESIGN AND SETTING: : It was a cross-sectional study that 
      took place at Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute from 2005 to 
      2007. METHODS: : Children younger than 14 years old with AD entered the study. 
      Careful medical histories were taken and skin prick and Immuno-CAP tests with the 
      most commonly offending foods (cow's milk, egg, wheat, peanut, and soy) were 
      performed. Children with a clear, positive history of food allergy and a positive 
      IgE-mediated test or those with positive responses to both IgE-mediated tests 
      were determined to have food allergies. The egg-specific IgE level cutoff point 
      was determined. RESULTS: : A hundred patients entered the study (from 2 months to 
      12 years old). They were divided into 3 age groups: first <2 years, second from 2 
      to <6 years, and third from 6 to 14 years. The most common food allergens were 
      egg (39.22%) in the first, cow's milk (35.13%) and egg (32.43%) in the second, 
      and peanut (25%) and egg (16.67%) in the third group. The egg-specific IgE cutoff 
      point value was 0.62 kUA/L (kilounits of allergen-specific IgE per liter). The 
      positive predictive value was 95%. CONCLUSION: : Prevalence of egg allergy is 
      highly significant in patients with AD.To use egg-specific IgE level cutoff 
      point, the patient population under study must be considered.
FAU - Salehi, Tahmineh
AU  - Salehi T
AD  - From the 1Immunology, Asthma and Allergy Research Institute, Tehran University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Immunology, Children's Medical 
      Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Pourpak, Zahra
AU  - Pourpak Z
FAU - Karkon, Shahnaz
AU  - Karkon S
FAU - Shoormasti, Raheleh Shokouhi
AU  - Shoormasti RS
FAU - Sabzevari, Samineh Kamali
AU  - Sabzevari SK
FAU - Movahedi, Masoud
AU  - Movahedi M
FAU - Gharagozlou, Mohammad
AU  - Gharagozlou M
FAU - Moin, Mostafa
AU  - Moin M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - World Allergy Organ J
JT  - The World Allergy Organization journal
JID - 101481283
PMC - PMC3650957
EDAT- 2009/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 2009/07/01 00:01
PMCR- 2009/07/01
CRDT- 2013/01/04 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2009/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1939-4551(19)30540-X [pii]
AID - 1939-4551-2-7-123 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/WOX.0b013e3181abe7cb [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - World Allergy Organ J. 2009 Jul;2(7):123-7. doi: 10.1097/WOX.0b013e3181abe7cb.