adverse effects  following immunization  to  vaccines (aefi)  are considered  extremely rare events, the occurrence of which could gain a major role in optimizing allergy diagnosis by cellular tests. the urgent need to eradicate infectious diseases from population, is the main goal of vaccination campaign, therefore its successful outcome should be almost undisputable. basophil activation test ...

introduction cow’s milk allergy is the most common food allergy in children. symptoms usually involve the skin and the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. gastrointestinal tract manifestations of cow’s milk allergy are nonspecific, and are the only type that can be diagnosed in all age groups. here, we report a rare case of cow's milk allergy in an infant with hypoalbuminemia and malnutrit...

abstract food allergy is estimated about 8% in children. the relationship between food and manifestation of allergy symptoms and its confirmation for accurate diagnosis is very important. allergic rhinitis is a common disease with a prevalence of 40% among different societies. the prevalence of food-induced allergic rhinitis appears to be less than 1 percent. food reactions often lead to rhinit...

a total of 65 pollen types were identified from two years atmospheric pollen survey in the environmental conditions of south assam. out of them, eight pollen types viz., acacia auriculiformis, amaranthus spinosus, cassia alata, cleome gynandra, cocos nucifera, imperata cylindrica, ricinus communis and trewia nudiflora, were selected for biochemical studies on the basis of their dominance in the...

background: evidence has shown a link between allergic disease and inflammatory bowel diseases (ibds). we investigated food allergy in iranian pediatric ibd patients. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on a consecutive sample of children with newly  diagnosed ibd referring to mofid children’s university hospital in tehran (iran) between november 2013 and march 2015.dat...

beta-lactams are a group of antibiotics with a broad spectrum of both gram-negative and gram-positive coverage. the goal of this study is to evaluate the results from studies regarding ig-e mediated hypersensitivity to penicillin and cross-reactivity with other beta-lactams. review was conducted of both retrospective and prospective studies by searching in pubmed and medline for the original an...

the hyperimmunoglobulin e  syndrome is a rare complex primary immunodeficiency characterized by high serum ige levels, eczema, and recurrent infections. we present a case of 2-years-old girl with eczema and repeated bacterial skin and lung infections since the period of infancy. the patient also had eosinophilia, high serum levels of ige, and cows-milk hypersensitivity. we describe the case, in...

background: allergens are mostly composed of glycoprotein structures. it is believed that glycan-specific antibodies may lead to false-positive reactions in immunoassays. in this study we investigated the glycosylation state of grape allergens as well as the presence of antibodies to cross-reactive carbohydrate determinants (anti-ccds) in sera from grape-sensitive individuals. methods: grape ex...