Diagnosing Meat Allergy After Tick Bite Without Delay
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Mammalian meat allergy following a tick bite: a case report
The alpha-gal allergy is an emerging IgE-mediated reaction against the galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose carbohydrate found in mammalian meats. Patients with this condition will develop anaphylactic symptoms 3-6 h after the ingestion of mammalian meat food products such as beef, pork or lamb. The prevalence of this allergy is drastically increasing and severe reactions including anaphylactic shock ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.04.170425