Plant food allergy in mugwort sensitised patients: two case reports

Case 1 Thirty one years old male that presented at age 15 allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and cutaneous pruritus after ingestion of honey and spices. Three years later, he had the same symptoms with ingestion of pepper. Skin prick tests were positive to grass, mugwort, dandelion and ragweed pollen, as well as pepper, curry, paprika and anise. Serum specific IgE was positive to carrot, pea, white bean and chick pea, mugwort, dandelion and grass. ImmunoCAP ISACR was positive to Art v1, Art v 3, Phl p 1 and Cyn d 1.