Combination of omalizumab and bee venom immunotherapy: does it work?

نویسندگان

  • İnsu Yılmaz
  • Sakine Nazik Bahçecioğlu
  • Murat Türk
چکیده

Bee venom immunotherapy (b-VIT) can be combined with omalizumab therapy in order to suppress systemic reactions developing due to b-VIT itself. Omalizumab acts as a premedication and gains time for the immunotherapy to develop its immunomodulatory effects. However, the combination of omalizumab and b-VIT is not always effective enough. Herein we present a patient in whom successful immunotherapy cannot be achieved with combination of omalizumab to b-VIT.

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دوره 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2018