Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria

Recurrent urticaria is a frequent presenting complaint in the Allergy Clinic, despite the fact that chronic urticaria is not an IgE-mediated (atopic) condition in most cases. We present four cases assessed over 5 years in our allergy service who were found to have evidence of strongyloidiasis and wh...

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Autores principales: Zubrinich, Celia M, Puy, Robert M, O’Hehir, Robyn E, Hew, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2019
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30881049
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S167292
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description Recurrent urticaria is a frequent presenting complaint in the Allergy Clinic, despite the fact that chronic urticaria is not an IgE-mediated (atopic) condition in most cases. We present four cases assessed over 5 years in our allergy service who were found to have evidence of strongyloidiasis and whose clinical features resolved with standard anti-helminth treatment.
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spelling pubmed-63966522019-03-15 Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria Zubrinich, Celia M Puy, Robert M O’Hehir, Robyn E Hew, Mark J Asthma Allergy Case Series Recurrent urticaria is a frequent presenting complaint in the Allergy Clinic, despite the fact that chronic urticaria is not an IgE-mediated (atopic) condition in most cases. We present four cases assessed over 5 years in our allergy service who were found to have evidence of strongyloidiasis and whose clinical features resolved with standard anti-helminth treatment. Dove Medical Press 2019-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6396652/ /pubmed/30881049 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/JAA.S167292 Text en © 2019 Zubrinich et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria
title Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria
title_full Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria
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title_full_unstemmed Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria
title_short Strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria
title_sort strongyloides infection as a reversible cause of chronic urticaria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396652/
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