Pollen food allergy syndrome to tomato in mountain cedar pollen hypersensitivity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mountain cedar pollen is recognized as a major cause of seasonal hypersensitivity in the US. We describe here that a subgroup of these patients also suffer from pollen food allergy syndrome (PFAS).

Objective

We performed this study to determine the frequency of PFAS among patients with mountain cedar hypersensitivity.

Methods

We performed mail-out/telephone surveys of 800 mountain cedar-sensitive patients in Austin, TX. The subjects for this survey were selected by telephone screening, and skin and serologic testing. We performed immunoblot inhibition assay and mass spectrometry (MS) to identify the allergens that cause PFAS.

Results

Of the 28 patients with suspected food allergies, 15 had clinical manifestations of PFAS. Eleven of them had positive

SUBMITTER: Bonds R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7162528 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature