Natural History of Egg Allergy

Most children develop tolerance by late childhood.

The natural history of egg allergy has been reported based on small case series only. In a large retrospective chart review from a single pediatric referral center in Maryland, investigators studied 881 children (median age at first visit, 14 months) who had been diagnosed with egg allergy (based on clinical history of IgE-mediated allergic reactions to egg ingestion or egg-specific IgE >2 kU/L). Most patients (57%) received their diagnoses based on positive IgE tests only.

Definitions for clinical tolerance were tolerance of concentrated egg ingestion alone or plus egg IgE <2 kU/L or <6 kU/L with no history of clinical reactivity in the previous 12 months. Based on these criteria, cumulative resolution rates ranged from 12% to 38% by age 6 …

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Howard Bauchner, MD

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Grant / research supportHuman Resources and Services Administration; NIH; NIH-NHLBI; USDA; GlaxoSmithKline

Editorial boardsArchives of Disease in Childhood (Editor-in-Chief)

Howard Bauchner, MD

Disclosures

Grant / research supportHuman Resources and Services Administration; NIH; NIH-NHLBI; USDA; GlaxoSmithKline

Editorial boardsArchives of Disease in Childhood (Editor-in-Chief)

Natural History of Egg Allergy

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