Baked Egg Food Challenges – Clinical Utility of Skin Test to Baked Egg and Ovomucoid in Children with Egg Allergy

Conclusions and clinical relevanceA SPT of <2mm to muffin had a high negative predictive value to baked egg challenge. Ovomucoid SPT ≥ 11 mm was very likely to predict a reaction to baked egg.. In these children, deferring the challenge would be appropriate.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Source: Clinical and Experimental Allergy - June 5, 2013 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: John Wei‐Liang TAN, Dianne E Campbell, Paul J. Turner, Alyson Kakakios, Melanie Wong, Sam Mehr, Preeti Joshi Tags: Original Article‐Clinical Allergy Source Type: research