A case of milk-protein-induced enterocolitis associated with enterotoxigenic E. coli and MRSA infections.
Food protein-induced enterocolitis (FPIE) is a severe, cell-mediated gastrointestinal food hypersensitivity typically provoked by cow's milk [Joint Task Force of AAAAI and ACAAI Food allergy: a practice parameter. XVII. Differential diagnosis of adverse reaction to foods. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 96(3 Suppl 2):S40-S44 (2006)]. We present an infant who developed FPIE associated with enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. The case suggests that enteral infection may have a role in the development of sensitization to food protein and the pathogenesis of FPIE.
Omata
Nemuko
N
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, 23-3 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji-cho, Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.
Ohshima
Yusei
Y
Yamada
Akiko
A
Yasutomi
Motoko
M
Tokuriki
Shuko
S
Mayumi
Mitsufumi
M
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D054307:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016269:Milk Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents