A 5-year summary of real-life dietary egg consumption after completion of a 4-year egg powder oral immunotherapy (eOIT) protocol

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Apr;145(4):1292-1295.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.045. Epub 2019 Dec 24.

Abstract

The majority of children with sustained unresponsiveness after extended egg OIT are able to successfully introduce dietary egg. OIT outcome may be predictive of frequency, type (concentrated, baked), and quantity of egg ingested in the long term.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adolescent
  • Allergens / immunology
  • Anaphylaxis / drug therapy*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Desensitization, Immunologic / methods*
  • Diet Therapy
  • Egg Hypersensitivity / immunology
  • Egg Hypersensitivity / therapy*
  • Egg Proteins / immunology
  • Epinephrine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Male
  • Ovum
  • Powders
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Allergens
  • Egg Proteins
  • Powders
  • Epinephrine