Immunology
Photo Rounds
Urticaria and edema in a 2-year-old boy
The absence of blisters, the presence of mild systemic symptoms, and the patient’s age guided the diagnosis.
Applied Evidence
Strategies to identify and prevent penicillin allergy mislabeling and appropriately de-label patients
Taking a good drug allergy history is critical, followed by removing the “penicillin-allergic” label in certain low-risk patients and referring...
Conference Coverage
Emerging data point to underlying autoimmunity in ME/CFS
Findings suggest that potential treatments targeting autoantibodies may alleviate symptoms.
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Peanut allergy patients reap continuing benefits past first year, Palforzia study shows
The children who continued daily maintenance dosing the longest gained the most protection.
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Exposure to marijuana smoke linked to increased risk of respiratory infections in children
Children exposed to secondhand marijuana smoke saw a 30% increase in viral respiratory infections, compared with those who were not exposed to...
From the Journals
Summer campers spread COVID at home, follow-up finds
Transmission was more likely from some campers than others, according to a new report.
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No link between childhood vaccinations and allergies or asthma
A meta-analysis by Australian researchers found no link between childhood vaccinations and an increase in allergies and...
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Sublingual immunotherapy: Where does it stand?
Because there are few published trials of food SLIT, confusion about which doses are optimal, how early to start, and how long the benefits last...
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Direct-care allergy clinic specializes in sublingual immunotherapy
Few allergists treat food allergy patients with the immune-modifying treatment, sublingual immunotherapy, which delivers allergens through liquid...
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There’s a much safer food allergy immunotherapy – why don’t more doctors offer it?
For protecting against accidental ingestions, SLIT "is pushing pretty close to what OIT is able to provide but seemingly with a superior ease of...
Opinion
The challenge of poverty to health and success: What should pediatricians do?
Maybe if we worked harder to foster and support two-parent families the drag of economic disadvantage would be reduced.