title: A case of taurine-containing drink induced anaphylaxis.
abstract: Taurine is one of most abundant free amino acids in mammalian tissue. It has been used for various health functional foods as a main ingredient in food industry. A 33-year-old female patient repeatedly experienced generalized itching, urticaria, dyspnea and dizziness after drinking taurine-containing drinks. The patient showed positive response to oral challenge tests with taurine-containing drinks. The patient also showed positive response with synthetic taurine but not with natural taurine. Skin prick test and basophil activation test with the synthetic taurine were negative. To our knowledge, there has been no report of taurine-induced hypersensitivity reactions. We herein report the first case of taurine-containing drink induced anaphylaxis, especially by synthetic taurine.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 110-799, Korea. ; Institute of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. ; Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam 463-802, Korea.
authors: Seung-Eun
authors: SE
authors: Lee
authors: Suh-Young
authors: SY
authors: Lee
authors: Eun-Jung
authors: EJ
authors: Jo
authors: Mi-Young
authors: MY
authors: Kim
authors: Min-Suk
authors: MS
authors: Yang
authors: Yoon-Seok
authors: YS
authors: Chang
authors: Sae-Hoon
authors: SH
authors: Kim
keywords: Anaphylaxis; Energy drinks; Taurine
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