[Clinical profile of pediatric patients diagnosed with food allergy in Northwestern Mexico].

Background: Food allergy is an adverse reaction secondary to a specific immune response after exposure to a food. Knowing the natural course of food allergies is essential for opportune diagnosis and treatment.

Objective: To know the clinical profile of children diagnosed with food allergy attended to at the pediatric allergology department of a secondary care hospital.

Prevalence and factors associated to peanut allergy in Mexican school children.

Background: In our country, the prevalence and the factors associated to peanut allergy are unknown, a health problem that has been emerging worldwide.

Objective: To establish the prevalence and the factors that are associated to peanut allergy amongst school children.

Methods: This is a population-based cross-sectional study.

[Prevalence of sensitization to allergens in school children with asthma residents from Guadalajara metropolitan area].

Background: Allergic sensitization is dependent on the geographical and climatic conditions in each region; therefore, identify agents most commonly sensitized children with asthma is important for planning prevention measures.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of the sensitization to allergens in children with asthma.

Material And Method: This cross-sectional and prolective study includes children from ages 6 to 14, who have asthma, attended for the first time in an allergy service.

[Prevalence of allergic sensitization to bee, mosquito and red ant in children with allergic disease].

Background: The allergic sensitization to insects of the Hymenoptera and Culicidae order in pediatric population is studied with low frequency.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of sensitization to bees, mosquito and fire ants in children with allergic diseases.

Material And Method: A retrolective and descriptive study was carried out in a pediatric allergy service.

[Frequency of sensitization to pollens of the subclass Rosidae in patients with respiratory allergy].

Background: Studies related to the patterns of sensitization to rare species of aeroallergens are uncommon.

Objective: To determine the frequency of sensitization to pollens clinically relevant in Allergology, corresponding to subclass Rosidae in patients with respiratory allergy.

Patients And Method: A cross-sectional study was done with patients included in a group with allergic rhinitis or asthma, respectively.