Abstract
E Eller, C Bindslev-Jensen. Allergy. 2013;68(2):190–194 The diagnosis of food allergy can be difficult, and our current tools, including skin and serum-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) testing, are both limited by their poor positive predictive accuracy. Oral food challenges remain the gold standard for diagnosis, but these carry risk and are time-consuming. Recently, a specific IgE measurement for individual peanut proteins (component-resolved diagnostics [CRD]) has been recognized as an additional tool for the diagnosis of peanut allergy. A total of 205 Danish patients with a clinical history of peanut allergy (with reactions described as mild to severe) were studied, including 175 positive and 30 negative oral peanut challenges. The …
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