Cow's milk allergy skin tests: fresh milk, commercial extracts, or both?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diagnosis of food allergy is based on a history of immediate allergic reaction following food ingestion, and skin prick test (SPT) demonstrating sensitization with commercial extracts (CE) or fresh food (FF). For most food allergens, the SPT with FF is considered more accurate and predictive. Regarding cow's milk, the results are inconclusive. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of SPT with fresh milk compared to CE (cow's milk and casein) for evaluation of cow's milk allergy (CMA).

Methods

This study summarized the medical records of children, diagnosed with CMA. The data include demographics, skin tests and oral food challenge results, as well as atopic comorbidities.

Results

Records of 698 patients with the diagnosis of CMA were r

SUBMITTER: Lachover-Roth I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9847062 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature