Anaphylactic Shock in a Breast Milk-Fed Infant due to Skin Contact with Egg White.
- Author:
Eo Jin KIM
1
;
Young Ran YOON
;
Jung Sook YEOM
;
Jum Su KIM
;
Ji Hyun SEO
;
Jae Young LIM
;
Myoung Bum CHOI
;
Chan Hoo PARK
;
Hyang Ok WOO
;
Hee Shang YOUN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea. hsyoun@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Egg white;
Skin contact;
Anaphylaxis;
Breast milk feeding
- MeSH:
Anaphylaxis*;
Asthma;
Breast*;
Buttocks;
Child;
Dermatitis;
Egg White*;
Eggs;
Female;
Food Hypersensitivity;
Humans;
Hypersensitivity;
Immunoglobulin E;
Infant*;
Luminescent Measurements;
Milk;
Milk, Human;
Mothers;
Ovum*;
Rhinitis;
Skin*
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2004;7(1):83-86
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Food allergy is not uncommon among small children. Cow milk and eggs are most frequently incriminated as the major cause of food allergy. A 4-month-old female infant who did not have a previous history of contact with the egg developed anaphylactic shock when an emulsion of raw egg white was rubbed on the buttock by her mother to relieve erosive diaper dermatitis. She had been fed on breast milk. She had no past medical history of any other allergy and no family history of atopy, asthma or allergic rhinitis. Her IgE PRIST was 29.46 IU/ml and multiple antigen simultaneous testing chemiluminescent assay for food specific IgE antibody showed a level 4 positive value only to egg white.
