Pigeon tick bite: A neglected cause of idiopathic nocturnal anaphylaxis
| Autor: | Enrico Heffler, Virginie Doyen, Giovanni Rolla, Andreas J. Bircher, Milada Cvackova, Markus Ollert, Jörg Kleine-Tebbe, Sébastien Debarbieux, Michel Mairesse, Monica Boita, Monika Raulf, Christiane Hilger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male Allergy Tick Bites/complications Immunology Argas Nocturnal medicine.disease_cause Immunoglobulin E 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Allergen Columbidae/parasitology Anaphylaxis/diagnosis parasitic diseases Journal Article anaphylaxis Immunology and Allergy Medicine Animals Humans Argas reflexus basophil activation test IgE pigeon tick Anaphylaxis Columbidae Tick Bites Pigeon tick biology Immunoglobulin E/analysis business.industry medicine.disease Basophil activation 030104 developmental biology 030228 respiratory system biology.protein business |
| Zdroj: | Rolla, G, Heffler, E, Boita, M, Doyen, V, Mairesse, M, Cvackova, M, Debarbieux, S, Kleine-Tebbe, J, Ollert, M, Raulf, M, Bircher, A J & Hilger, C 2018, ' Pigeon tick bite : A neglected cause of idiopathic nocturnal anaphylaxis ', Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 958-961 . https://doi.org/10.1111/all.13344 |
| ISSN: | 1398-9995 |
| Popis: | Anaphylaxis is a serious systemic allergic reaction with rapid onset and potentially life-threatening. We report in detail a case of severe nocturnal anaphylaxis due to pigeon tick bite showing the diagnostic value of the extract and the recombinant allergen in the diagnostic procedures (basophil activation test, IgE immunoblot, and experimental ImmunoCAP). Apart from the presented case, we describe that during the last 10 years, we have collected 28 cases of allergy to Argas reflexus from several European countries. We suspect that this allergy is underdiagnosed because of the lack of diagnostic reagents. Because of the growing number of pigeons in Middle and Southern Europe cities, some cases of idiopathic anaphylaxis could potentially be caused by A. reflexus in those countries. The identification of pigeon ticks as a trigger of anaphylaxis would greatly improve medical care and advice for these patients as the parasite can be exterminated by eradication measures to avoid further incidents. |
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