The Investigation of Hypoproteinemia in Severe Infantile Atopic Dermatitis / 소아알레르기및호흡기학회지

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to understand the clinical features and to analyze the risk factors for a severe complication such as hypoproteinemia in infants with severe atopic dermatitis. METHODS: Twenty-four infants with severe atopic dermatitis with SCORAD score >50 were enrolled, who visited pediatric allergy clinic between January 2005 and December 2007. Infants with blood protein level of 5 g/dL as Group B (n=16). Age, sex, onset age, breast feeding, marternal protein-restriction diet during breast feeding, family history of allergy, and prior treatment before visit were studied. We examined serum ECP, total IgE, and allergen specific IgE by immuno CAP system (Phadia AB, Uppsala, Sweden) and tried to identify organisms by the culture of skin wound. Infants with blood protein level of 5 g/dL as Group B (n=16). We also analyzed the risk factors for hypoproteinemia. RESULTS: Blood protein level was inversely correlated with total IgE (r=-0.610), SCORAD score (r=-0.686) and the number of sensitized allergens (r=-0.636). The sentisization of the house dust mite was also one of the risk factors for hypoproteinemia. CONCLUSION: Our study suggests that the risk factors for hypoproteinemia in infantile atopic dermatitis are high SCORAD score and the sentisization of the house dust mite and that hypoproteinemia associates with high serum levels of IgE and increased number of food sensitized allergens.