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ArticlePloS one2017

Which immunotherapy product is better for patients allergic to Polistes venom? A laboratory and clinical study.

Eleonora Savi, Cristoforo Incorvaia, Elisa Boni, Marina Mauro, Silvia Peveri, Valerio Pravettoni, Oliviero Quercia, Federico Reccardini, Marcello Montagni, Laura Pessina and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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11 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Eleonora SaviAllergy Dept. Unit, G. Da Saliceto Hospital, AUSL, Piacenza, Italy.
Cristoforo IncorvaiaCardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ASST Gaetano Pini/CTO, Milan, Italy.
Elisa BoniAllergy Unit, Sant'Anna Hospital, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy.
Marina MauroAllergy Unit, Sant'Anna Hospital, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy.
Silvia PeveriAllergy Dept. Unit, G. Da Saliceto Hospital, AUSL, Piacenza, Italy.
Valerio PravettoniClinical Allergy and Immunology Unit, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Oliviero QuerciaUnità ad Alta Specializzazione di Allergologia, Ospedale di Faenza (RA), Faenza, Italy.
Federico ReccardiniAzienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata Udine, SOC Pneumologia Fisiopatologia Respiratoria, Udine, Italy.
Marcello MontagniAllergy Dept. Unit, G. Da Saliceto Hospital, AUSL, Piacenza, Italy.
Laura PessinaCardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation, ASST Gaetano Pini/CTO, Milan, Italy.
Erminia RidoloDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1439-7902
Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital · ITAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Lariana · ITIstituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini · ITFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITOspedale per gli Infermi · ITOspedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine · ITUniversity of Parma · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVenom immunotherapy (VIT) is highly effective in preventing allergic reactions to insect stings, but the appropriate venom must be used to achieve clinical protection. In patients with multiple positive results to venoms, molecular allergy diagnostics or CAP-inhibition may identify the causative venom. Concerning allergy to venom from Polistes spp. it has been proposed that only the European species P. dominulus should be used for VIT. However, this recommendation is not present in any international guideline. Using both laboratory and clinical data, we aimed to evaluate the reliability of this proposal.

methodsWe performed an in vitro study using CAP-inhibition to determine sensitization of 19 patients allergic to Polistes venom. The clinical study included 191 patients with positive tests to Polistes treated with VIT, 102 were treated with P. dominulus and 89 were treated with a mix of American Polistes (mAP).

resultsThe difference in % of inhibition was significant concerning inhibition of P. dominulus sIgE by P. dominulus venom (79.8%) compared with inhibition by mAP venom (64.2%) and not significant concerning the inhibition of mAP sIgE by P. dominulus venom (80.1%) and by mAP venom (73.6%). Instead, the clinical protection from stings was not statistically different between the two kinds of venom.

conclusionThe data from CAP inhibition would suggest that the choice of either P. dominulus venom or mAP venom for VIT is appropriate in patients with CAP inhibition higher than 70%, but the clinical data show the same odds of protection from stings using for VIT P. dominulus or mAP venom.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAllergensAnimalsDesensitization, ImmunologicEuropeHumansHypersensitivity, ImmediateImmunoglobulin EInsect Bites and StingsMiddle AgedSpecies SpecificityUnited StatesWaspsWasp VenomsAllergensImmunoglobulin EWasp Venoms

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