TY - JOUR
T1 - Guidelines for the use and interpretation of diagnostic methods in adult food allergy
AU - Macchia, Donatella
AU - Melioli, Giovanni
AU - Pravettoni, Valerio
AU - Nucera, Eleonora
AU - Piantanida, Marta
AU - Caminati, Marco
AU - Campochiaro, Corrado
AU - Yacoub, Mona Rita
AU - Schiavino, Domenico
AU - Paganelli, Roberto
AU - Di Gioacchino, Mario
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Food allergy has an increasing prevalence in the general population and in Italy concerns 8 % of people with allergies.
The spectrum of its clinical manifestations ranges from mild symptoms up to potentially fatal anaphylactic shock. A
number of patients can be diagnosed easily by the use of first- and second-level procedures (history, skin tests and
allergen specific IgE). Patients with complex presentation, such as multiple sensitizations and pollen-food syndromes,
frequently require a third-level approach including molecular diagnostics, which enables the design of a componentresolved
sensitization profile for each patient. The use of such techniques involves specialists’ and experts’ skills on the
issue to appropriately meet the diagnostic and therapeutic needs of patients. Particularly, educational programs for
allergists on the use and interpretation of molecular diagnostics are needed.
AB - Food allergy has an increasing prevalence in the general population and in Italy concerns 8 % of people with allergies.
The spectrum of its clinical manifestations ranges from mild symptoms up to potentially fatal anaphylactic shock. A
number of patients can be diagnosed easily by the use of first- and second-level procedures (history, skin tests and
allergen specific IgE). Patients with complex presentation, such as multiple sensitizations and pollen-food syndromes,
frequently require a third-level approach including molecular diagnostics, which enables the design of a componentresolved
sensitization profile for each patient. The use of such techniques involves specialists’ and experts’ skills on the
issue to appropriately meet the diagnostic and therapeutic needs of patients. Particularly, educational programs for
allergists on the use and interpretation of molecular diagnostics are needed.
KW - Food allergy diagnosis
KW - Food allergy diagnosis
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/69670
M3 - Article
SN - 1476-7961
SP - 13
EP - 27
JO - Clinical and Molecular Allergy
JF - Clinical and Molecular Allergy
ER -