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Table 2 Case reports of dust mite ingestion-associated, exercise-induced anaphylaxis

From: Dust mite ingestion-associated, exercise-induced anaphylaxis: a case report and literature review

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Our case

Adachi [6]

Sanchez-Borges [1]

Demographic data

29-year-old female

17-year-old male

16-year-old female

Country

Thailand

Japan

Spain

Comorbidities

Allergic rhinitis

None

Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, squid allergy

NSAIDs hypersensitivity status

None

None

None

Contaminated food

Fried coconut rice cake (Mixed cooking flour)

Pancake

Pancakes

Type of exertion

Jogging

Jogging

Playing soccer

Food intake-to-exercise interval (min)

60

90

30

Exercise-to-reaction interval (min)

20

Several

15

Symptoms

Breathlessness, angioedema, urticaria, rhinitis, chest tightness, hypotension

Abdominal cramp, breathlessness, angioedema, urticaria, oxygen desaturation

Breathlessness, angioedema

Mites

Dermatophagoides farinae

Dermatophagoides farinae

Suidasia medanensis

The method used to identify mites

Light microscopy

Light microscopy

Light microscopy

Allergic evaluation

Skin test positive to DP, DF, B. tropicalis, Contaminated cooking flour extract 1/5 w/v in saline

Skin test negative to uncontaminated cooking flour extract 1/5 w/v in saline, wheat, oat, rye, barley, milk, egg, coconut (prick-prick)

sIgE positive to DP, DF, G. destructor, T. putrescentiae, A. siro

sIgE negative to wheat, gluten, squid

Skin test positive to DP, DF, B. tropicalis, A. siro, C. arcuatus, L. destructor, T. putrescientiae, Contaminated pancake mix extract 1/5 w/v in saline

Skin test negative to wheat, oat, rye, barley, milk, egg, Bermuda grass, ragweed

  1. A. siro, Acarus siro; B. tropicalis, Blomia tropicalis; C. arcuatus, Chortoglyphus arcuatus; DP, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus; DF, Dermatophagoides farinae; L. destructor, Lepidoglyphus destructor; S. medanensis, Suidasia medanensis; T. putrescentiae, Tyrophagus putrescentiae; NSAID, Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; sIgE, specific immunoglobulin E; w/v, weight to volume ratio