Egg Hypersensitivity (Egg Allergy)

02/01/2009 - "There may be some benefit in using an egg-free diet in infants with suspected egg allergy who have positive specific IgE to eggs - one study found 51% of the children had a significant improvement in body surface area with the exclusion diet as compared with normal diet (95% CI 1.07-2.11) and change in surface area and severity score was significantly improved in the exclusion diet as compared with the normal diet at the end of 6 weeks (MD 5.50, 95% CI 0.19-10.81) and end of treatment (MD 6.10, 95% CI 0.06-12.14). "
01/01/2008 - "There may be some benefit in using an egg-free diet in infants with suspected egg allergy who have positive specific IgE to eggs - one study found 51% of the children had a significant improvement in body surface area with the exclusion diet compared to normal diet (RR 1.51, 95% CI 1.07 to 2.11) and change in surface area and severity score was significantly improved in the exclusion diet compared to the normal diet at the end of 6 weeks (MD 5.50,95% CI 0.19 to 10.81) and end of treatment (MD 6.10, 95% CI 0.06 to12.14). "
09/01/2015 - "Further and better-designed studies are needed to determine the remaining diagnostic cutoff of specific IgE and SPT for heated and baked egg allergy."
03/01/2008 - "Different studies proposed specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) cut-off levels for the diagnosis of egg allergy. "
12/01/2015 - "Prevalence of IgE mediated cow's milk and egg allergy in children under 2 years of age in Sanliurfa, Turkey: the city that isn't almost allergic to cow's milk."

01/01/2015 - "However, our study did not support a role for ovomucoid sIgE replacing EW sIgE testing in evaluating egg allergy."
11/01/2015 - "Ovomucoid (OMC) is the most prominent allergen causing hen's egg allergy, containing disulfide (S-S) bonds that may be responsible for its allergic action. "
11/01/2014 - "Baked egg food challenges-clinical utility of skin test to baked egg and ovomucoid in children with egg allergy."
10/01/2013 - "Baked egg food challenges - clinical utility of skin test to baked egg and ovomucoid in children with egg allergy."
12/28/2011 - "Immunomodulatory effects of heated ovomucoid-depleted egg white in a BALB/c mouse model of egg allergy."

05/01/2013 - "This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical usefulness of sIgE antibodies to egg white and its components in the diagnosis of egg allergies. "
11/01/1999 - "The measurements of these antibodies are not necessarily efficient for the diagnosis or the prediction of the outcome of egg allergy in children. "
05/01/2013 - "Can Allergen-Specific IgE Antibodies Diagnose Egg Allergy Accurately?"
06/01/2011 - "Component-resolved diagnosis that can be combined with the microarray technology is promising as measurement of specific IgE antibodies to individual egg white components has been shown to predict different clinical patterns of egg allergy. "
08/01/2002 - "Prediction of tolerance on the basis of quantification of egg white-specific IgE antibodies in children with egg allergy."

01/01/2014 - "To investigate differences in reactivity to major egg allergens among various age groups of children with egg allergy. "
01/01/2013 - "This review aims to summarize the current understanding of the allergens involved, natural history, clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, treatment options, egg-containing vaccine guidelines, and future therapies for health care providers in managing egg hypersensitivity. "
04/01/2011 - "Egg is one of the most important allergens in childhood feeding, and egg allergy can pose quality-of-life concerns. "
01/01/2011 - "It seems that the onset of egg allergy is mediated by egg white allergens expanding to yolk sensitization in later stages of disease. "
12/01/2007 - "Egg allergy is very common in peanut-allergic patients, and sesame seeds should perhaps be considered one of the major food allergens. "

02/01/2015 - "Increasing titers of specific IgE to the various proteins were found according to the degree of the egg allergy. "
02/01/2009 - "Regarding treatment, clinical studies show a majority of children with milk and egg allergy tolerate these proteins in modest amounts when they are extensively heated in baked goods, and studies show promise for oral immunotherapy to treat milk allergy and sublingual immunotherapy for honey bee venom hypersensitivity. "
06/01/2010 - "This study set out to analyze whether unknown proteins that bind to IgE antibodies in serum from patients with egg allergy exist in egg white. "
12/01/1991 - "The bands and peaks which corresponded to ovalbumin and ovomucoid known to be major allergenic proteins responsible for egg allergy disappeared and new bands and peaks were detected."
06/01/2010 - "Among the other 14 protein spots, egg white cystatin and lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase (L-PGDS) were newly identified proteins that reacted with IgE in patients with egg allergy. "

02/01/2009 - "Regarding treatment, clinical studies show a majority of children with milk and egg allergy tolerate these proteins in modest amounts when they are extensively heated in baked goods, and studies show promise for oral immunotherapy to treat milk allergy and sublingual immunotherapy for honey bee venom hypersensitivity. "

08/19/2015 - "Ovalbumin (OVA) is a major component of egg whites, and is a possible cause of egg allergy. "
09/01/2010 - "Since the split vaccine in Japan contains 1-10 ng/mL of ovalbumin, children with egg-allergy could be administered safely."
04/01/1996 - "Establishment and characterization of ovalbumin-specific T cell lines from patients with egg allergy."
10/01/1994 - "An ovalbumin (OVA)-specific T cell line (TCL) was established from a patient with hen egg allergy. "
07/01/1994 - "Specific induction of IL2-responsiveness by ovalbumin-stimulated lymphocytes was studied in patients with hen egg allergy. "

09/01/2013 - "Different medicinal products can be formulated with egg proteins, and therefore should be avoided in children with egg allergy. "
04/01/2011 - "Egg white proteins are usually subjected to heating, making them edible for the majority of children with egg allergy. "
06/01/2009 - "It remains unclear whether the ongoing low-dose exposure to egg proteins in cooked foods improves the natural history of egg allergy."
01/01/2007 - "The patient did not have a history of egg allergy in childhood or occupational exposure to egg proteins; nor did she report any disease that is known to be related to food allergy. "
01/01/2001 - "Bakery and confectionery workers exposed to airborne egg proteins are at risk of developing occupational asthma and subsequent nutritive egg allergy. "

04/01/1996 - "Cetirizine: effective treatment for food (egg) allergy."

09/01/1985 - "[Efficacy of ketotifen on skin manifestations in children with egg allergy]."

07/01/2015 - "Oral Immunotherapy for Egg Allergy: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study, with Postdesensitization Follow-Up."
06/15/2013 - "In recent years, oral immunotherapy (OIT) has been tested in clinical trials for peanut, milk, and egg allergies in young children. "
07/19/2012 - "In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, 55 children, 5 to 11 years of age, with egg allergy received oral immunotherapy (40 children) or placebo (15). "
06/01/2009 - "Despite recent advances in oral immunotherapy trials, the treatment of egg allergy currently relies on avoidance of egg-containing foods until tolerance has developed. "
12/01/2008 - "In cow's milk and hen's egg allergy, controlled trials have been conducted in children, showing that oral immunotherapy, in general, has been successful and safe. "

05/01/2002 - "Reasons given for noninvolvement were: reluctance to participate in a research project (53%); concerned about side effects (34%); self-perceived view of not requiring influenza vaccination (31.7%); preference for own doctor to give the vaccine (29.1%); objection to name "Geriatric Medicine" on the letter of invitation (25.2%); already been vaccinated (17.3%); illness requiring vaccination out of the study (13.8%); previous bad reaction to the vaccine (6.4%); unable to attend on day of vaccination (4.3%); unable to get to general practice surgery (4%); already involved in a clinical trial (2.5%); fear of needles/dislike of injections (1.6%); doubts about vaccine efficacy (0.3%); egg allergy (0.2%). "
01/01/2014 - "Numerous studies have demonstrated that the injectable influenza vaccine can be safely administered, although with appropriate precautions, to patients with severe egg allergy, as the current influenza vaccines contain small trace amounts of egg protein. "
02/01/2013 - "Treatment of severe egg allergy is avoidance of hen's egg (HE) and carrying self-injectable epinephrine. "
08/01/2008 - "The goal of this review was to analyze the post-vaccination adverse effects associated with Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) compared to those of the Injectable Trivalent Inactivated Vaccine (TIV) in patients with egg allergy and asthma. "

11/01/2012 - "Caesarean section delivery, antibiotic use in infancy, childcare attendance and maternal age were not associated with egg allergy. "
08/01/2003 - "Among children whose mothers were allergic, cesarean section was associated with a 7-fold increased risk of parentally perceived reactions to egg, fish, or nuts (odds ratio, 7.0; CI, 1.8-28; P =.005) and a 4-fold increased risk of confirmed egg allergy (odds ratio, 4.1; CI, 0.9-19; P =.08) in a logistic regression analysis, adjusting for pregnancy complications, birth weight, gestational length, and socioeconomic factors. "

04/01/2011 - "Dexmedetomidine as part of balanced anesthesia care in children with malignant hyperthermia risk and egg allergy."

03/01/2011 - "This is the first report of new-onset egg allergy in a child, probably triggered by the high egg content of the modified Atkins diet. "
03/01/2011 - "The risk of egg allergy should be kept in mind when treating epileptic children with the modified Atkins diet, especially those with comorbid asthma."