Otto Hans F, Tankersley Michael S
Department of Internal Medicine, 52nd Medical Group, Spangdahlem AB, Spangdahlem, Germany.
Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 2007;143(3):211-5. doi: 10.1159/000099464. Epub 2007 Feb 9.
Many foods can cause food allergies. Grapple(R) is just one of many new fruits recently introduced into grocery stores.
To describe 2 unique patients with food allergies after consuming a unique food, a Grapple.
Commercial skin prick testing, fresh fruit prick-prick and radioallergosorbent testing were used to characterize the food allergy reaction.
Clinical history and appropriate testing confirmed the Grapple food allergy.
To our knowledge, these are the first 2 case reports of food allergy to a new fruit called Grapple. These cases illustrate the importance of consumer labeling laws and careful identification of component ingredients by food-allergic individuals.
许多食物可引发食物过敏。格拉普尔苹果（Grapple®）只是近期进入杂货店的众多新型水果之一。
描述2例食用了一种独特食物——格拉普尔苹果后出现食物过敏的独特患者。
采用商业皮肤点刺试验、新鲜水果点刺试验和放射性变应原吸附试验来确定食物过敏反应的特征。
临床病史及适当检测证实了对格拉普尔苹果的食物过敏。
据我们所知，这是首批2例对名为格拉普尔苹果的新型水果发生食物过敏的病例报告。这些病例说明了消费者标签法以及食物过敏个体仔细识别成分的重要性。
