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Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol ; 39(4): 241-248, 2021 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31310149

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BACKGROUND: Peanut allergy is common in Chinese children, yet the most predictive diagnostic cut-offs for skin prick test (SPT) and blood testing in this population are unclear. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to determine the optimal cut-off values for whole-peanut SPT, specific IgE (sIgE) and component-resolved diagnostics (CRD) for Chinese children based on outcomes of open oral food challenges (OFC) to peanut. METHODS: We recruited ethnic-Chinese patients 1-18 years old who were suspected of having peanut allergy based on a history of reactions after exposure or sensitization although peanut naïve. Considering the AUC value of 0.8, 80% power and 5% level of significance with two tails, 26 patients were needed. Sensitivities, specificities, positive and negative predictive values, and receiver operating characteristic curves (ROCs) and their area-under-curves (AUCs) for SPT, peanut sIgE, and CRD were compared. RESULTS: Thirty-one subjects participated. Only SPT reached statistical significance (AUC 0.91, p = 0.0001), but not the other tests. Seven retrospective data were added to optimize the power. SPT remained to be the best predictor, followed by Ara h 2 sIgE (AUC 0.72, p = 0.02). An SPT wheal size of 3 mm and Ara h 2 sIgE of 0.14 kU(A)/L yielded the highest Youden's index. The specificity of SPT and Ara h 2 sIgE reached 94% at 6 mm and 0.74 kU(A)/L, respectively. Comparisons of ROCs revealed that SPT was significantly better than Ara h 2 sIgE (p = 0.03) and whole-peanut sIgE (AUC 0.61, p = 0.26). CONCLUSION: In Chinese children, SPT appeared to be the best predictor for peanut allergy, followed by Ara h 2 sIgE.

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Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol ; 38(4): 271-278, 2020 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30903997

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BACKGROUND: Drug allergy, or drug hypersensitivity, is a potentially fatal disorder, and patients labeled with drug allergies have restricted access to first-line treatments. Full knowledge of the characteristics associated with drug allergies and severe reactions during allergy evaluation is beneficial for appropriate risk stratification. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether certain clinical characteristics are associated with drug allergies in Chinese children. METHODS: Charts were reviewed for ethnic Chinese patients less than 18 years old referred to our tertiary allergy center for suspected drug allergies and completed skin and drug provocative testing between 2005 to 2017. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on the age of onset of drug allergies, gender, and other atopy versus drug allergies. RESULTS: Out of 75 children, 18 (24%) had IgE-mediated drug allergies, while 8 (10.7%) had delayed drug hypersensitivities, with a cumulative 26 subjects (34.7%) with any drug hypersensitivity. There were positive independent associations between drug hypersensitivities onset age vs IgE-mediated drug allergies (odds ratio (OR) = 14.9, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) = 1.5-148.3, P = 0.017) and between male gender and IgE-mediated drug allergies (OR = 4.4, CIs = 1.2-16.4, P = 0.019). Age 13 years was the best cut-off for IgE-mediated drug allergies according to the receiver operating characteristic curve (P = 0.026). Older age group (OR = 24.0, CIs = 1.4-417.8, P = 0.024) and atopic dermatitis (OR = 8.2, CIs = 1.4-49.8, P = 0.015) were correlated with delayed drug hypersensitivities. CONCLUSIONS: While several previous studies suggested a higher prevalence of IgE-mediated drug allergies in younger adult females, older boys were more likely to have drug allergies for Chinese children.


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Drug Hypersensitivity/epidemiology , Drug Hypersensitivity/etiology , Age of Onset , Biomarkers , Child , Child, Preschool , China/epidemiology , Drug Hypersensitivity/diagnosis , Drug Hypersensitivity/therapy , Female , Humans , Immunoglobulin E , Male , Odds Ratio , Prevalence , Public Health Surveillance , Risk Assessment , Risk Factors
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Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol ; 37(3): 179-182, 2019 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29981563

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A seven-year-old girl developed angioedema and a generalized, erythematous rash several hours after receiving lignocaine with adrenaline reproducible on provocative challenge, confirming the first known case of generalized delayed-type hypersensitivity to local anaesthetics with cross-reactivity to bupivacaine but not chloroprocaine.


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Anesthetics, Local/adverse effects , Cross Reactions/immunology , Drug Hypersensitivity/diagnosis , Drug Hypersensitivity/immunology , Hypersensitivity, Delayed/diagnosis , Hypersensitivity, Delayed/immunology , Allergens/immunology , Child , Female , Humans , Skin/pathology
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