Immunology
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ACIP recommends LAIV as an option for all people with egg allergies
Live attenuated influenza vaccine will likely be recommended as an option for all individuals with egg allergies, regardless of the severity of...
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Watch for failure to thrive in children with eosinophilic esophagitis
Be on the lookout for failure to thrive among pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis.
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SDEF: Have higher degree of suspicion for pediatric allergic contact dermatitis
“Skin testing or blood testing for food allergies, unless very strongly positive, usually aren’t helpful in the management of the atopic...
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Mechanism for dust mite–triggered atopic dermatitis identified
Dust mite allergen modifies skin phospholipids and triggers inflammation in atopic dermatitis.
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High-dose vitamin D in pregnancy fails to prevent wheezing risk in children
Among pregnant women at high risk for having a child with asthma, high doses of vitamin D administered during the third trimester failed to...
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VIDEO: Treating your atopic dermatitis patients more effectively
Dr. Adam Friedman discusses simple but effective ways to improve treatment of patients with atopic dermatitis at the 2016 ODAC annual meeting.
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Single and double dose of MenACWY-CRM series are immunogenic
Both single-dose and two-dose meningococcal CRM-conjugate vaccine series (MenACWY-CRM) were immunogenic, but antibody responses were greater in...
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Many physicians don’t teach epinephrine use for food allergies
Many pediatricians and allergists failed to provide instructions for when and how to use epinephrine and a written emergency action plan to the...
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PPIs caused remission in about half of esophageal eosinophilia cases
About half of patients with symptomatic esophageal eosinophilia achieved complete clinical and histologic remission on proton pump inhibitors,...
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Reslizumab: FDA panel recommends approval for adults, but not children
An FDA advisory committee voted to approve reslizumab, a Teva-sponsored drug treating severe asthma, for use in patients aged 18 years and older,...
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EREFS value has diagnostic utility for eosinophilic esophagitis
The Eosinophilic Esophagitis Endoscopic Reference Score, or EREFS, is not only highly predictive of eosinophilic esophagitis but also its...