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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Patients with polyethylene glycol allergy can experience immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions after exposure to analog substances.

Yosuke Yoshimoto, Junichiro Tezuka

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Yosuke YoshimotoAllergy and Pulmonology, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan yosukeyoshimoto0407@yahoo.co.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3592-2120
Junichiro TezukaAllergy and Pulmonology, Fukuoka Children's Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-9016

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Abstract

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) allergy has been recently observed after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination. We present a case of a patient with a history of two hospitalisations for unexplained recurrence of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis who was diagnosed with PEG allergy in early childhood. Subsequently, he was instructed to avoid using PEG-containing daily necessities and drugs. However, in middle childhood, he presented with immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions after taking PEG-free antibiotics. The prick test was positive for the whole drug but negative for its active ingredient. PEG can cross-react with compounds with a C-C-O skeleton as analogue substances; accordingly, the presence of a substance with a similar skeleton in the additive may have been the causative factor. Our findings indicate that patients with PEG allergy may experience immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions to analogue substances.

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AnaphylaxisCOVID-19Hypersensitivity, ImmediateChildChild, PreschoolHumansMalePatientsPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethylene GlycolsImmunologyPaediatrics

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PMCPMC10465886

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