Nut Allergy

Alcohol consumption may trigger worse allergic reactions in patients with nut allergies, according to a study published in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology.

Symptomology varies among adults with anaphylaxis depending on the trigger, according to a study published in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology.

Allergic disease affects 40% of school-aged children in Australia and 45% of food allergies among infants persist until age 10 years, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

A pediatric allergy clinic safely delabeled almost all their patients with reported antibiotic allergies who were tested in the span of about 2 years, according to researchers.

ALK-Abelló has voluntarily withdrawn lot No. 0003963971 of its pecan nut allergen extract due to false-negative skin test results, including a case of life-threatening anaphylaxis, according to an FDA MedWatch alert.

Levels of macadamia nut-specific IgE were useful in predicting anaphylaxis among children with macadamia nut allergy, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

PHOENIX — Researchers for the first time sequenced the main allergen of macadamia nut and its cross-reactivity pattern with hazelnut, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Testing for Ana o 3, a 2S albumin of cashew nut, provided the most value in predicting clinical reactivity for cashew nut allergy compared with other methods, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.