Servicio de Alergología, Hospital Sierrallana, Torrelavega, Santander, Spain.
Servicio de Alergología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain.
Rev Clin Esp (Barc). 2022 Aug-Sep;222(7):401-405. doi: 10.1016/j.rceng.2021.06.005. Epub 2021 Oct 14.
Alpha-gal syndrome is a potentially severe food allergy caused by the presence of alpha-gal-specific IgE. The aim of this study is to describe our series of 13 patients.
This work is a retrospective study of patients diagnosed in 2016 and 2017. Skin tests were performed with commercial extract and gelaspan as well as specific IgE determination for alpha-gal and different types of meat.
Thirteen patients diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome were analyzed; 9 of them had anaphylaxis, 6 of whom had been diagnosed with idiopathic anaphylaxis. All had a positive skin test with gelaspan, though this was not true with the commercial extracts, whose results were less conclusive.
We believe that a diagnosis of idiopathic anaphylaxis may prevent the identification of patients with alpha-gal syndrome. The gelaspan skin test is more useful than commercial extracts.
α-半乳糖综合征是一种潜在的严重食物过敏,由α-半乳糖特异性 IgE 引起。本研究的目的是描述我们的 13 例患者系列。
这是一项对 2016 年和 2017 年诊断的患者进行的回顾性研究。使用商业提取物和凝胶莎帕进行皮肤测试,以及针对α-半乳糖和不同类型肉类的特异性 IgE 测定。
分析了 13 例诊断为α-半乳糖综合征的患者;其中 9 例发生过敏反应,其中 6 例被诊断为特发性过敏反应。所有患者的凝胶莎帕皮肤试验均为阳性,但商业提取物的结果不那么确定,并非如此。
我们认为特发性过敏反应的诊断可能会阻止患者被诊断为α-半乳糖综合征。凝胶莎帕皮肤试验比商业提取物更有用。