title: Failure of omalizumab in cholinergic urticaria.
abstract: Cholinergic urticaria is one of the more common physical urticarias. Although it is often fairly mild, severe treatment-resistant disease may occur, with significant associated disability. Omalizumab, a monoclonal IgG anti-IgE antibody licensed for use in severe asthma, has recently been used successfully in several types of urticaria, including in one case of cholinergic urticaria. This paper reports a patient with severe cholinergic urticaria, unresponsive to antihistamines and multiple other treatments, whose disease was also unresponsive to omalizumab.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley, UK. rsabroe@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sabroe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D000069444:Omalizumab; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014581:Urticaria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D018926:Anti-Allergic Agents; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D000069444:Omalizumab