Specific sublingual immunotherapy with peach LTP (Pru p 3). One year treatment: a case report

Pereira, C
Bartolomé, B
Asturias, JA
Ibarrola, I
Tavares, B
Loureiro, G
Machado, D
Chieira, C

Publication date

January 2009

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Food allergy is an increasing problem with limited therapeutic approaches apart from to the eviction diet. CASE PRESENTATION: A 40-year-old female patient with food allergy symptoms was polysensitized to almost all vegetable food since the age of 36; the onset of symptoms was during pregnancy. The allergological study demonstrated positive skin prick tests (SPT) to nuts, legumes, cereals, spices, several fresh fruits including peach, and other groups of vegetable foods however, it was negative to common aeroallergens. Serum specific IgE levels were negative (<0.35 kU/L) to profilin and carbohydrate determinants, but positive to Pru p 3 (3.5 kU/L). Positive double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge to peach confirmed th...