Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?

Deniz Ozceker; Fatih Dilek; Esra Yucel; Zeynep Tamay; Emin Ozkaya; Nermin Guler

doi:10.5114/ada.2020.96909

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Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?

Deniz Ozceker

¹

,

Fatih Dilek

²

,

Esra Yucel

³

,

Zeynep Tamay

³

,

Emin Ozkaya

²

,

Nermin Guler

^{3, 4}

Department of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, Saglik Bilimleri University, Okmeydani Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Department of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, Medical Faculty, Bezmi Alem University, Istanbul, Turkey
Department of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul, Turkey

Adv Dermatol Allergol 2020; XXXVII (3): 384-389

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.96909

Online publish date: 2020/07/16

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Ozceker D, Dilek F, Yucel E, Tamay Z, Ozkaya E, Guler N. Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2020;37(3):384-389. doi:10.5114/ada.2020.96909.

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Ozceker, D., Dilek, F., Yucel, E., Tamay, Z., Ozkaya, E.,  & Guler, N. (2020). Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 37(3), 384-389. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.96909

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Ozceker, Deniz, Fatih Dilek, Esra Yucel, Zeynep Tamay, Emin Ozkaya,  and Nermin Guler. 2020. "Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?". Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii 37 (3): 384-389. doi:10.5114/ada.2020.96909.

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Ozceker, D., Dilek, F., Yucel, E., Tamay, Z., Ozkaya, E.,  and Guler, N. (2020). Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, 37(3), pp.384-389. https://doi.org/10.5114/ada.2020.96909

MLA

Ozceker, Deniz et al. "Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?." Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii, vol. 37, no. 3, 2020, pp. 384-389. doi:10.5114/ada.2020.96909.

Vancouver

Ozceker D, Dilek F, Yucel E, Tamay Z, Ozkaya E, Guler N. Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?. Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii. 2020;37(3):384-389. doi:10.5114/ada.2020.96909.

Introduction
Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is characterized by the onset of symptoms which are not induced by specific triggers, but are rather spontaneous. A considerable number of patients report that foods or food additives might be responsible for their chronic urticaria.

Aim
To determine the prevalence of sensitization to food additives in children with CSU using atopy patch tests (ATP).

Material and methods
Atopy patch tests for 23 different food additives were applied to 120 children with CSU and 61 healthy controls.

Results
Seventeen (14.1%) children with CSU were sensitized with food additives. None of the control group had positive APT. Azorubine and Cochineal red were the food additives detected with the highest sensitization rates (5.8% (n = 7) and 6.7% (n = 8), respectively).

Conclusions
There can be an association between food additives and CSU. APT tests may be a helpful tool in the assessment and management of CSU so that easier to follow diets and effective treatments can be offered to families.

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Can allergy patch tests with food additives help to diagnose the cause in childhood chronic spontaneous urticaria?

Deniz Ozceker 1 , Fatih Dilek 2 , Esra Yucel 3 , Zeynep Tamay 3 , Emin Ozkaya 2 , Nermin Guler 3, 4

chronic urticaria, children, food additives

Deniz Ozceker

¹

,

Fatih Dilek

²

,

Esra Yucel

³

,

Zeynep Tamay

³

,

Emin Ozkaya

²

,

Nermin Guler

^{3, 4}