Instituto Alergoimuno de Americana, Rua Cuba, 836-Bairro Frezzarin-Americana, São Paulo, Brazil
Graduated in Medicine by the Faculty of Medicine of the Campinas University (Brazil). Medical residence in Pediatrics in the Campinas University. Expertise in Allergy and Immunology. Expertise in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Expertise in Laboratory Medicine. PhD by the Medical Faculty of Campinas University realized into the Allergy and Immunology department. Director of the Instituto Alergoimuno de Americana (Brazil).
Research Article
Self-Imposed Food Restriction and Oral Food Challenges are correlated with Precipitin?s Accuracy in the Diagnosis of Non-Ige Mediated Food-
Related Adulthood Acute Episodes of Urticaria
Author(s): Celso Eduardo Olivier*, Daiana Guedes Pinto, Regiane Patussi dos Santos Lima, Ana Paula Monezzi Teixeira and Jhéssica Letícia Santos Santana
Background: The diagnosis of non-IgE mediated food allergy is done mainly by in vivo Oral Food Challenge (OFC) tests that depend on well-succeeded previous exclusion diets.
Objective: To evaluate the opportunity of the in vitro semi-quantitative research of specific precipitins to select food allergens to proceed with exclusion diets and further in vivo oral food challenge tests in food-allergic patients.
Methods: The tube titration of specific precipitins against food allergens in food allergic patients was compared with the in vivo oral food challenge tests performed after a well-succeeded exclusion diet. The probability of a positive or negative OFC was estimated according to the precipitin’s titrimetry.
Results: The correlation coefficient bet.. View more»