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Hua A, Slack IF, O’Shea K, Schuler CF. Adults with FPIES may face delayed diagnoses. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. GLOBAL 2024; 3:100304. [PMID: 39211327 PMCID: PMC11359740 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 05/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Background Food protein-induced enterocolitis (FPIES) is a non-IgE-mediated food allergy that is becoming increasingly recognized in adults. The time between age at symptom onset (ASO) and age at diagnosis (AD and factors affecting this gap have not been fully studied. Objective We sought to investigate the latency between ASO and AD in adults with FPIES. We also sought to evaluate whether those patients with symptom onset in earlier years and those with comorbid gastrointestinal (GI) disease had greater mean latency. Methods We conducted a retrospective chart review for patients with FPIES who were seen in the University of Michigan Allergy and Immunology clinic from 2015 to 2022. Patients aged 18 years and older and diagnosed with FPIES by an allergist were included (N = 19). The data collected included characteristics of the patients' prior FPIES reactions and medical history. Results The median age of onset of FPIES symptoms was 26 years, and the median AD was 35 years. The median difference between ASO and AD was 10 years; this difference was statistically significant according to a paired t test (P = .003). There was a negative correlation of -0.99 between year of symptom onset and latency between ASO and AD (P < .0001). Those patients with previously diagnosed GI conditions had a higher mean latency between ASO and AD than those without GI conditions did (P = .124). Conclusions We noted a gap between ASO and AD in adults with FPIES. This gap may be due to underrecognition of adult FPIES in the past given the negative correlation with mean latency between ASO and AD. Furthermore, comorbid GI illnesses may be masking FPIES symptoms in adults, thus delaying diagnosis.
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- Alexandra Hua
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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Gonzalez-Delgado P, Anvari S, Entrala A, Infante S. Medical algorithm: Diagnosis and management of adult food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. Allergy 2024; 79:2881-2884. [PMID: 38686652 DOI: 10.1111/all.16142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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- Purificación Gonzalez-Delgado
- Allergy Service, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de Alicante (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
- Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain
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- Division of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
- Texas Children's Hospital, William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Allergy Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Allergy Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
- Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain
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Argiz L, Valsami-Fokianos M, Arasi S, Barni S, Boscia S, Bracaglia G, Bracamonte T, Carballeira I, Dinardo G, Echeverria L, Garcia E, Garcia-Magan C, Gomez-Rial J, Gonzalez-Delgado P, Fiocchi A, Garriga T, Ibrahim T, Infante S, Machinena A, Mangone G, Mori F, Moure JD, O'Valle V, Pascal M, Pecora V, Prieto A, Quevedo S, Salas A, Vazquez-Cortes S, Vila L, Martinon-Torres F, Gomez-Carballa A, Boyle RJ, Vazquez-Ortiz M. Clinical-Hematological Changes and Predictors of Severity in Acute Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome Reactions at Oral Food Challenge: A Multicenter Observational Study. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2024; 12:2454-2467.e8. [PMID: 38796100 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Oral food challenge (OFC) is the criterion standard for diagnosis of acute food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). No diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers are available, and OFC assessment criteria are not validated. OBJECTIVE To assess clinical-hematological changes and predictors of severity of FPIES reactions at OFC. METHODS This was an observational multicenter prospective study. Children aged 0 to 18 years diagnosed with acute FPIES were recruited at follow-up OFC in 12 tertiary centers in Spain and Italy. OFC outcomes (as positive/negative/inconclusive and mild/moderate/severe) were assessed on the basis of published "2017 FPIES Consensus" criteria. Clinical characteristics were recorded, and full blood cell count was done at baseline, reaction onset, and 4 hours later. Regression analysis was performed to assess predictors of severe reactions at OFC. RESULTS A total of 81 children had positive OFC (mild in 11% [9 of 81], moderate in 61% [49 of 81], and severe in 28% [23 of 81]). Increase in neutrophils and reduction in eosinophils, basophils, and lymphocytes were observed (P < .05). OFC was inconclusive in 19 cases despite objective signs or neutrophilia. Regression analysis showed that a 2-day OFC protocol where only 25% of an age-appropriate portion is given on day 1 (not sex, age, culprit food, cumulative dose, and previous reaction severity) was associated with reduced odds of severe reaction compared with giving multiple doses in a single day. CONCLUSIONS Distinct hematological changes may help support FPIES diagnosis. Current OFC assessment criteria may not capture the broad spectrum of acute FPIES presentations. This 2-day protocol may be associated with a reduced risk of severe reactions. Future work should aim to develop safer OFC and non-OFC diagnostics for FPIES.
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- L Argiz
- Department of Allergy, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; RICORS Red De Enfermedades Inflamatorias (REI) - RD21/0002/0028, Madrid, Spain
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Research Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Laboratory Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Arquitecto Marcide Hospital, Coruña, Spain
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- Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli," Naples, Italy
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Arquitecto Marcide Hospital, Coruña, Spain
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- Paediatrics Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Coruña, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GENVIP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Research Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Vall D'Hebron University Hospital, Growth and Development Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Allergy and Immunology Division, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
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- Pediatric Allergy Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute, IiSGM, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Immunology, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy
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- Allergy Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy
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- Paediatrics Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Coruña, Spain
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunology Department, CDB, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; IDIBAPS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Allergy Unit, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Research Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, General University Hospital, Malaga, Spain
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GENVIP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and GenPoB Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Galicia, Spain
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- Paediatric Allergy Section, Teresa Herrera Hospital, Coruña, Spain
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- Paediatrics Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Coruña, Spain; Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GENVIP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics, Vaccines and Infections Research Group (GENVIP), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago (IDIS), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Unidade de Xenética, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and GenPoB Research Group, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela (SERGAS), Galicia, Spain
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- Section of Inflammation, Repair and Development, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Inflammation, Repair and Development, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Buckey TM, Patel PJ, Milutinovic PS. Prevalence and clinical presentation of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome in an adult allergy/immunology clinic. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2024; 133:222-223. [PMID: 38762056 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2024.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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- Timothy M Buckey
- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Section of Allergy and Immunology, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Hayashi D, Yoshida K, Akashi M, Kajita N, Tatsumoto C, Ishii T, Koike Y, Horimukai K, Kinoshita M, Hamahata Y, Nishimoto H, Sakihara T, Arakaki Y, Hara M, Noguchi E, Morita H. Differences in Characteristics Between Patients Who Met or Partly Met the Diagnostic Criteria for Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES). THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2024; 12:1831-1839.e1. [PMID: 38492664 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Some patients with food protein-induced enterocolitis (FPIES)-like allergy do not completely fulfill the diagnostic criteria of the international consensus guideline for FPIES. However, it is unclear whether such FPIES-like patients represent a completely different population from FPIES. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to clarify differences in characteristics between patients with FPIES who fully met diagnostic criteria and those who partly met them. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study using data at the time of registration in multicenter, prospective studies of patients with FPIES in Japan. Children who had delayed emesis within 1 to 4 hours and/or diarrhea within 5 to 10 hours after ingestion of food were recruited between March 2020 and February 2022. We examined their compatibility with the diagnostic criteria of the international consensus guideline and their detailed clinical characteristics, including trigger foods, the serving size that elicited symptoms, and antigen-specific IgE antibody titers. RESULTS Of the 225 patients with FPIES, 140 fully met the diagnostic criteria whereas 79 patients did not fully meet them but demonstrated reproducible symptoms. The frequencies of pallor, lethargy, and diarrhea were significantly higher in those who met the criteria fully, whereas the age at onset, trigger foods, comorbidity, and perinatal information were comparable. Analysis of patients with FPIES to hen's egg revealed significantly higher levels of egg white- and egg yolk-specific IgE in patients who partly met criteria, whereas the serving size eliciting symptoms was comparable. CONCLUSIONS Patients who partly met the diagnostic criteria may have a milder phenotype of FPIES, but this needs to be validated in further studies using biomarkers reflecting the pathophysiology.
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- Daisuke Hayashi
- Department of Pediatrics, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan; Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Allergy, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Allergy, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, NHO Tochigi Medical Center, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Allergy, Nagano Children's Hospital, Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University Katsushika Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama City Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Citizens Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Naha City Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; Allergy Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Gonzalez-Delgado P, Anvari S, Barrachina J, Portillo ALJ, Jimenez T, Marco de la Calle FM, Fernandez J. Egg-induced adult food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome: Clinical phenotypes, natural history and immunological characteristics. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. IN PRACTICE 2024; 12:1657-1659. [PMID: 38462070 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2024.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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- Purificación Gonzalez-Delgado
- Allergy Service, Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain; Clinical Medicine Department, University Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante, Spain.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas; William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Clinical Medicine Department, University Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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- Immunology Service. Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Allergy Service, Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Immunology Service. Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain
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- Allergy Service, Alicante General University Hospital, Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain; Clinical Medicine Department, University Miguel Hernández, San Juan, Alicante, Spain
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Anvari S, Ruffner MA, Nowak-Wegrzyn A. Current and future perspectives on the consensus guideline for food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). Allergol Int 2024; 73:188-195. [PMID: 38326194 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2024.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a non-IgE mediated food allergy presenting with delayed onset of projectile vomiting in the absence of cutaneous and respiratory symptoms. The pathophysiology of FPIES remains poorly characterized. The first international consensus guidelines for FPIES were published in 2017 and provided clinicians with parameters on the diagnosis and treatment of FPIES. The guidelines have served as a resource in the recognition and management of FPIES, contributing to an increased awareness of FPIES. Since then, new evidence has emerged, shedding light on adult-onset FPIES, the different phenotypes of FPIES, the recognition of new food triggers, center-specific food challenge protocols and management of acute FPIES. Emerging evidence indicates that FPIES impacts both pediatric and adult population. As a result, there is growing need to tailor the consensus guidelines to capture diagnoses in both patient groups. Furthermore, it is crucial to provide food challenge protocols that meet the needs of both pediatric and adult FPIES patients, as well as the subset of patients with atypical FPIES. This review highlights the evolving clinical evidence relating to FPIES diagnosis and management published since the 2017 International FPIES Guidelines. We will focus on areas where recent published evidence may support evolution or revision of the guidelines.
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- Sara Anvari
- Division of Immunology, Allergy and Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA; William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
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Watanabe S, Sato A, Uga M, Matsukawa N, Kusuda R, Suzuki H, Nagashima S, Yauchi T, Ohya Y, Nomura I. A detailed intake-status profiling of seafoods in adult food-protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome patients. Allergol Int 2024; 73:275-281. [PMID: 38151409 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2023.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Adults with food-protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) often develop severe abdominal symptoms after eating seafood. However, no investigation of a food elimination strategy for adult FPIES patients has been performed to date. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of seafood-avoidant adults by telephone interview, based on the diagnostic criteria for adult FPIES reported by González et al. We compared the clinical profiles, abdominal symptoms, and causative seafoods between FPIES and immediate-type food allergy (IgE-mediated FA) patients. We also profiled the detailed intake-status of seafoods in adult FPIES patients. RESULTS Twenty-two (18.8 %) of 117 adults with seafood-allergy were diagnosed with FPIES. Compared with the IgE-mediated FA patients, FPIES patients had an older age of onset, more pre-existing gastrointestinal and atopic diseases, more episodes, longer latency and duration of symptoms, more nausea, abdominal distention, and severe abdominal pain, and more frequent vomiting and diarrhea. In particular, abdominal distention-reflecting intestinal edema and luminal fluid retention-may be the most distinctive characteristic symptom in adult FPIES (p < 0.001). Bivalves, especially oysters, were the most common cause of FPIES. Strikingly, intake-status profiling revealed that many FPIES patients can safely ingest an average of 92.6 % of seafood species other than the causative species. CONCLUSIONS There are many differentiators between FPIES and IgE-mediated FA, which may reflect differences in the underlying immunological mechanisms. Although seafood FPIES is unlikely to induce tolerance, many patients can ingest a wide variety of seafood species after a long period from onset.
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- Sho Watanabe
- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Allergy Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; Allergy Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Akashi M, Kaburagi S, Kajita N, Morita H. Heterogeneity of food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). Allergol Int 2024; 73:196-205. [PMID: 38553113 DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2024.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a non-IgE-mediated food allergy with gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. The development of international consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of FPIES in 2017 enabled us to compare patients worldwide, regardless of geographic variation in disease features. As a result, it has become clear that there is heterogeneity among patients with FPIES or that there are cases that partly fit the diagnostic criteria for FPIES but have different characteristics. This review highlights the heterogeneity in FPIES characteristics in terms of trigger foods, the age of onset, differences in geographic regions, and symptoms; it further proposes four disease entities, including acute FPIES in children, acute FPIES in adults, chronic FPIES, and early-onset neonatal FPIES, depending on the age of onset and presumed pathophysiology. The major symptoms at onset and trigger foods differ in acute FPIES in children, acute FPIES in adults, and chronic FPIES, whereas the disease entities may share a similar pathophysiology. Early-onset neonatal FPIES may have a different pathophysiology than acute or chronic FPIES, and may not necessarily fulfil the full diagnostic criteria for acute or chronic FPIES described in the international consensus guidelines. Due to the similarity in symptoms, early-onset neonatal FPIES may sometimes be misdiagnosed as necrotizing enterocolitis. We aim to increase awareness of FPIES among medical staff in pediatrics, neonatology, and internal medicine and promote research, to gain a better understanding of the heterogeneity and pathophysiology of FPIES.
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- Masayuki Akashi
- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Allergy, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; Allergy Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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Anvari S, Ruffner MA, Bingemann T, Bird JA, Nowak-Węgrzyn A. Allergist-reported diagnosis and management of adult food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2024; 132:393-395. [PMID: 37984708 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2023] [Revised: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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- Sara Anvari
- Section of Immunology, Allergy, and Retrovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas; William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Allergy and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, New York; Department of Pediatrics Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
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Shah S, Grohman R, Nowak-Wegrzyn A. Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES): Beyond the guidelines. JOURNAL OF FOOD ALLERGY 2023; 5:55-64. [PMID: 39022754 PMCID: PMC11250192 DOI: 10.2500/jfa.2023.5.230014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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Background Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is a non-immunoglobulin E (IgE) cell mediated food allergy that can cause severe symptoms and is considered an allergic emergency. Objective To describe FPIES epidemiology and appraise the approach to diagnosis and management. Methods A review of the relevant articles published in the peer-reviewed journals since the publication of the First International FPIES Consensus Guidelines in 2017. Results FPIES is estimated to affect 0.51-0.9% of children and 0.22% of adults in the United States. It typically presents with protracted, projectile vomiting, which occurs within 1-4 hours of ingesting culprit foods, sometimes followed by diarrhea within 24 hours of ingestion. In ∼15-20% of severe cases, patients go into hypovolemic or distributive shock. In chronic FPIES, infants may have failure to thrive and weight loss. The most common triggers include cow's milk, oat, rice, and avocado, with egg and peanut being more frequently reported. Examples of other common fruit and vegetable triggers include banana, apple, and sweet potato. FPIES can be classified into acute, chronic, adult-onset, or atypical subtypes. FPIES is associated with comorbid atopic conditions of IgE-mediated food allergy, atopic dermatitis, asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eosinophilic esophagitis. The natural history of infantile FPIES is generally favorable, with the exception of fish FPIES. Seafood FPIES in adults has low rates of resolution over 3-5 years. Correctly identifying FPIES can be challenging because there are no specific biomarkers for diagnosis and the constellation of symptoms may mimic those of infectious enteritis or sepsis. Management relies on dietary food avoidance, periodic re-evaluations for tolerance with oral food challenges, and management of acute reactions with rehydration and antiemetic ondansetron. Although the pathophysiology of FPIES remains poorly understood, underlying mechanisms such as cytokine release, leukocyte activation, and impaired gastrointestinal mucosal barrier function may act as cornerstones for further research. Conclusion Prevention, laboratory diagnostic testing, and strategies to accelerate tolerance development are urgent unmet needs in FPIES.
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- Sohini Shah
- Department of Pediatrics, Hassenfield Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hassenfield Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, and
- Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Watanabe S, Sato A, Uchida H, Kusuda R, Suzuki H, Nagashima S, Yauchi T, Matsumoto K, Ohya Y, Nomura I. Comparison of adult food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome to crustaceans and immediate-type food allergy. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2023; 131:487-493.e2. [PMID: 37330046 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is increasingly found in adults. FPIES requires different treatment from immediate-type food allergy (FA) in emergency medicine. However, no comparison of the clinical presentations of these diseases has been reported. OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical presentations and causative crustaceans of adult FPIES and FA using a standardized questionnaire and to thereby lay the groundwork for establishing an algorithm that distinguishes those diseases. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study of crustacean-avoidant adults by telephone interview based on the previously reported diagnostic criteria for adult FPIES to compare the clinical features and crustacean intake status between FPIES and FA. RESULTS Of 73 adult patients with crustacean allergy, 8 (11%) were diagnosed with having FPIES and 53 (73%) FA. Compared with the patients with FA, those with FPIES had a longer latency period (P < .01), more episodes (P = .02), longer duration of symptoms (P = .04), more frequent abdominal distention (P = .02), and severe colic pain (P = .02). Half of the patients with FPIES experienced fear of death during an episode. Panulirus japonicus (Japanese spiny lobster) and Homarus weber (lobster) were significantly common FPIES-causing foods. A statistically significant 62.5% of patients with FPIES were able to ingest some type of crustacean. CONCLUSION FPIES and FA can be clearly differentiated by the abdominal symptoms, latency period, and duration of episodes. Furthermore, some patients with FPIES do not necessarily need to avoid all crustaceans. Our findings lay the groundwork for establishing an algorithm that distinguishes FPIES from FA in adults.
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- Sho Watanabe
- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Soka Municipal Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Allergy Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan; Allergy Center, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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Warren C, Nimmagadda SR, Gupta R, Levin M. The epidemiology of food allergy in adults. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2023; 130:276-287. [PMID: 36509408 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The prevalence and awareness of food allergy (FA) among US adults is arguably at a historical high, both with respect to primary immunoglobulin E-mediated food hypersensitivity and other food-triggered conditions that operate through a variety of immunologic mechanisms (eg, pollen-FA syndrome, alpha-gal syndrome, food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome, eosinophilic esophagitis). Worryingly, not only are many adults retaining childhood-onset food allergies as they age into adulthood, it seems that many adults are experiencing adult-onset allergies to previously tolerated foods, with correspondingly adverse physical, and psychological health impacts. Consequently, this review aims to summarize what is currently known about the epidemiology and population-level burden of FA among adult populations in North America and around the globe. This article also provides insights into the natural history of these conditions and what we need to know as we look to the future to support effective care and prevent FA.
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- Christopher Warren
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
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- Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research, Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division Paediatric Allergology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Bingemann TA, Anvari S, Bartnikas LM, Ruffner M, Nowak-Wegrzyn A. Are we missing food-protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome in adults? Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2023; 130:269-271. [PMID: 36191851 PMCID: PMC9991959 DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2022.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Theresa A Bingemann
- Divisions of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
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- Division of Immunology, Allergy, and Retrovirology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; William T. Shearer Center for Human Immunobiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, New York, New York; Department of Pediatrics, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
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Baker MG, Sampson HA. Recent trends in food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES). J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023; 151:43-46. [PMID: 36608982 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2022.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) was first described in detail in the late 20th century as a non-IgE-mediated food allergy characterized by delayed gastrointestinal symptoms after ingestion of a trigger food. Although the initial case series reported infants reacting to cow's milk- and soy-based formulas, we now recognize that FPIES affects patients across the age spectrum. This brief review highlights our evolving understanding of FPIES with a discussion of triggers, epidemiology, food challenges, and pathophysiology.
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- Mary Grace Baker
- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
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- Elliot and Roslyn Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, Division of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Kravis Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Graham F, Caubet JC. The Natural History of Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) in Adults. THE JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY: IN PRACTICE 2022; 10:2993-2994. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2022.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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