BACKGROUND Cow's milk allergy is the most common food allergy in childhood. Many children with IgE-mediated cow's milk allergy may tolerate baked milk products, but few data exist on predictors of outcomes of baked milk challenges. OBJECTIVE To determine the relation of milk protein allergen specific IgE (sIgE) levels and skin prick test (SPT) wheal size with baked milk challenge outcomes. ...

The relationships between a history of egg or cows' milk allergy, positive skin tests to these allergens, and atopic illness were examined in a sample of 126 children. Positive skin tests were found more often in children with a history of egg or cows' milk allergy than in children with no such history. 40 children suspected of being allergic to egg or milk, by history or by positive skin tests...

This study aimed to characterize the role of phosphorylation of caseins in selective allergy to goat milk (GM) and sheep milk (SM) in patients with good tolerance to cow milk (CM). We performed skin prick tests with milk and caseins from CM, GM, and SM and immunoblotting and specific immunoglobulin (Ig) E determinations with milk and casein from cow and GM and SM. Sensitization to milk and case...

BACKGROUND The majority of children with cow's milk and hen's egg allergy develop clinical tolerance with time. However, there are no good indices to predict when and in whom this occurs. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine if monitoring food specific IgE levels over time could be used as a predictor for determining when patients develop clinical tolerance. METHODS Eighty-eight...

A joint study group on cow's milk allergy was convened by the Emilia-Romagna Working Group for Paediatric Allergy and by the Emilia-Romagna Working Group for Paediatric Gastroenterology to focus best practice for diagnosis, management and follow-up of cow's milk allergy in children and to offer a common approach for allergologists, gastroenterologists, general paediatricians and primary care ph...

Our previous study revealed that newborns had a high level of absorption of human milk a-lactalbumin. [1] It decreased during the first month in the whole and nonallergic infants showed a 4fold reduction of gut permeability at 25-30 days of life. But patients with early allergic symptoms have increased gut permeability in comparison to non-allergic infants. In this study we examined gut permeab...

Prevalence of allergic diseases is increasing worldwide, including food allergy. It is different between countries because food allergy can vary by culture and population. Prevalence of food allergy in Indonesia is unknown; therefore it is not known yet the burden and impact of food allergy in our population. However, we already start to formulate guidelines for diagnosis and management of food...

Hypersensitivity to cow milk proteins is one of the main food allergies and affects mostly but not exclusively infants, while it may also persist through adulthood and can be very severe. Different clinical symptoms of milk allergy have been established. The diagnosis of milk allergy differs widely due to the multiplicity and degrees of symptoms, and can be achieved by skin or blood tests. Cow ...

Background Several cases of allergy to goat’s milk (GM) without allergy to cow’s milk (CM) have been reported. GM-allergy has also been reported in CM-allergic children successfully treated with oral immunotherapy. We previously demonstrated that IgE antibodies from GM-allergic/CM-tolerant patients recognize the caprine b-casein (bcap) without cross-reacting with the bovine b-casein (bbov) desp...