Food Sublingual Immunotherapy: Safety and Simplicity of a Real Food Updosing Protocol.

Background: Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) using food extracts is safe and effective in desensitizing patients with food allergy, yet not often used in clinical practice.

Objectives: To propose a cost-effective, expedited SLIT protocol using real food.

Methods: Patients with food allergy aged 5 to 50 years (median, 11 years) initiated food SLIT in a single-clinic setting.

Using Serum IgE Antibodies to Predict Esophageal Eosinophilia in Children.

Objectives: Symptoms of eosinophilic esophagitis are variable and can be nonspecific. Food-specific serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies are frequently found in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis and are obtained using a widely available blood test. Our objective was to evaluate the ability of food-specific IgE antibodies to predict the presence of esophageal eosinophilia.