A case of 5 year-old boy of anaphylaxis due to erythritol with negative prick test and positive intradermal test

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1534-1540

  Kurihara, Kazuyuki ^a   Suzuki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Unno, Atsushi ^b   Hatano, Michihiro ^c  

^a KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Wakaba Pediatric Clinic   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI YOKOHAMASHI TOBU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Basophil activation test; Erythritol; Intradermal test; Prick test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908663405     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Fujisawa T, Nagao M, Hiraguchi Y., Hosoi K, Tokuda R, Usui A., et al. Biomarkers for allergen immunotherapy in cedar pollinosis. Allergol Int 2009; 58:163-70.
2. Hino H, Kasai S, Hattori N. Kenjo K. A case of allergic urticaria caused by erythritol J Dermatol 2000; 27:163-5.
3. J Envir Dermatol Cutaneo Allergolo 2012: 6: 90-4.
4. Shirao K, Inoue M, Tokuda R., Nagao M, Yamaguchi M. Okahata H, et al. "Bitter Sweet": A child case of erythritol-induced anaphylaxis. Allergol Int 2013; 62:269-71.
5. Yunginger JW, Jones RT, Kita H. Saito K. Hefle SH, Taylor SL. Allergic reactions after ingestion of erythritol-containing foods and beverages, J Allergy Clin Immunol 2001; 108: 650.
6. Sreenath K, Prabhasankar P, Venkatesh YP. Generation of an antibody specific to erythritol. a non-immunogenic food additive. Food Addit Contam 2006; 23:861-9.
7. Hanakawa Y, Hanakawa Y, Tohyama M., Yamasaki K, Hashimoto K. Xylitol as a causative agent of oral erosive eczema Br J Dermatol 2005 Apr; 152:821-2.
8. Hegde VL, Venkatesh YP. Anaphylaxis to excipient mannitol: evidence for an immunoglobulin E-mediated mechanism. Clin Exp Allergy 2004; 34:1602-9.
9. Sreenath K, Venkatesh YP. Reductively ami-nated D-xylose-albumin conjugate as the immunogen for generation of IgG and IgE antibodies specific to D-xylitol, a haptenic allergen. Bioconjug Chem 2007; 18:1995-2003.