title: Improvement of shrimp allergy after sublingual immunotherapy for house dust mites: a case report.
abstract: The appropriateness of house dust mite specific immunotherapy in patients allergic to shrimps still remains unclear We present a clinical case as an immunological model for the strong sensitization to tropomyosin with symptoms of anaphylaxis due to shrimps and coexisting asthma due to house dust mite. The improvement in respiratory symptoms for house dust mite and in the food challenge for shrimps during mite immunotherapy with a known and high dosage of tropomyosin suggests the hypothesis that efficacy of mite immunotherapy in food allergy to tropomyosin may be dose dependent.
authors.affiliation: Rimini Hospital, Internal Medicine, Rimini, Italy. gcortellini@libero.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cortellini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spadolini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santucci
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cova
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corvetta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Passalacqua
mesh_terms: D000286:Administration, Sublingual; D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions / Q000502:physiology; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033561:Penaeidae / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D039981:Pyroglyphidae / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012758:Shellfish / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014335:Tropomyosin / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D014335:Tropomyosin