Baked egg food challenges – clinical utility of skin test to baked egg and ovomucoid in children with egg allergy

John Tan, Dianne E. Campbell, Paul Turner, Alyson Kakakios, Melanie Wong, Sam Mehr, P JOSHI

Clinical & Experimental Allergy · 2013 · 70 citations · 18 references

Abstract

A SPT of < 2 mm to muffin had a high negative predictive value to baked egg challenge. Ovomucoid SPT ≥ 11 mm was very likely to predict a reaction to baked egg. In these children, deferring the challenge would be appropriate.

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