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Allergies, Volume 4, Issue 2

June 2024 - 4 articles

Cover Story: Food allergy management requires the avoidance of allergenic food, which, on top of the commonly discussed direct costs, may contribute to time and opportunity costs. We performed a scoping review, guided by Arskey and O’Malley’s methodological framework and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for Scoping Reviews, aiming to examine the peer-reviewed literature on the indirect costs of food allergies and characterize these costs through a series of fictitious case studies. We found that the limited body of peer-reviewed literature supports the notion that food allergies commonly carry substantial indirect costs across diverse measurement tools, albeit with age-group differences. View this paper

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Structural Insights on Cross-Reactivity of Mite Allergens with Helminth Proteins

Ayrton B. P. Lisboa,
Neuza M. Alcantara-Neves,
Eric R. G. R. Aguiar,
Carina S. Pinheiro,
Luis G. C. Pacheco and
Eduardo S. da Silva

Allergies2024, 4(2), 64-79;https://doi.org/10.3390/allergies4020006

20 June 2024

Updated notions about the so-called hygiene hypothesis consider now that helminths may have influence in the training of the immune system during childhood. Considering the similar type of immune response between helminth infections and allergic illn...

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The Role of Medical History and Allergic Tests in the Analysis of Antibiotic Allergy in the Pediatric Population

Margarita Dimitroglou,
Dafni Moriki,
Olympia Sardeli,
Elpiniki Kartsiouni,
Despoina Koumpagioti,
Angeliki Galani,
Vassiliki Papaevangelou and
Konstantinos Douros

Allergies2024, 4(2), 54-63;https://doi.org/10.3390/allergies4020005

6 May 2024

According to parental reports, about 10% of children are believed to be allergic to at least one antibiotic, leading to the prescription of second line medications. This incurs higher costs, results in less effective treatments, and contributes to gl...

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The Indirect Costs of Avoidance in Food Allergy Management: A Scoping Review

Jennifer L. P. Protudjer and
Melissa L. Engel

Allergies2024, 4(2), 42-53;https://doi.org/10.3390/allergies4020004

8 April 2024

Background: Food allergy management requires avoidance of allergenic food. While the direct costs of food allergy management have been described, avoidance may also contribute to time and opportunity costs. We aimed to conduct a scoping review of the...

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12 Pages

Impact of a Pharmacist-Driven Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling Pilot Program in Preoperative Cardiothoracic and Spine Surgery Patients at a Quaternary Hospital

Hannah Crum,
Brandon Gagnon,
Alexis Thumann,
Abbey Sidebottom,
Marc Vacquier and
Krista Gens

Allergies2024, 4(2), 30-41;https://doi.org/10.3390/allergies4020003

26 March 2024

Documented penicillin allergies are associated with an increased risk of surgical site infections (SSIs), and first-line antibiotics (e.g., cefazolin) are associated with a lower risk of SSIs. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of a ph...

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