SYSTEMIC-ANAPHYLAXIS AFTER EATING STORAGE-MITE-CONTAMINATED FOOD

Authors
MATSUMOTO T HISANO T HAMAGUCHI M MIIKE T
Citation
T. Matsumoto et al., SYSTEMIC-ANAPHYLAXIS AFTER EATING STORAGE-MITE-CONTAMINATED FOOD, International archives of allergy and immunology, 109(2), 1996, pp. 197-200
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Allergy,Immunology
Journal title
International archives of allergy and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10182438
Volume
109
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
197 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-2438(1996)109:2<197:SAESF>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We describe 2 cases in whom systemic anaphylaxis developed shortly aft er they had eaten food contaminated by a storage mite, Tyrophagus putr escentiae. We were able to demonstrate that these cases were sensitive to the storage mites but not to food allergens, leading us to conclud e that the cases' anaphylactic episodes were the result of ingestion o f the storage mites. This is the first report of the ingestion of stor age mites causing systemic anaphylaxis in sensitive persons.