Bronchial hyperresponsiveness to mannitol, airway inflammation and Asthma Control Test in atopic asthmatic children.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to mannitol and bronchial inflammation measured as exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and to assess whether asthma control correlates with AHR to mannitol and FeNO in atopic asthmatic children.

Material And Methods: Allergy evaluation, the mannitol challenge test, FeNO levels and the Asthma Control Test (ACT) questionnaire were assessed in 40 children with intermittent and mild persistent allergic asthma.

Results: All the subjects showed positive AHR to mannitol.

Airway hyper-responsiveness to mannitol provides a good evaluation of atopy in childhood asthma.

Aim: The relationship between airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) and atopy has been previously investigated, but there are still some issues to be clarified. The aim of this study was to assess the link between AHR and mannitol and atopy in asthmatic children.

Methods: We evaluated 44 children with asthma, aged 6-16 years of age, using skin prick tests (SPTs), serum total and specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels and the mannitol challenge test (MCT).

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with rhabdomyolysis in a child.

We report the history of a seven year-old male boy with cough and fever, who developed rhabdomyolysis concomitant with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. The association between this organism and the muscular injury is rarely described in paediatric patients. This case then thus emphasizes that even seemingly mild M.

Usefulness of nBos d 4, 5 and nBos d 8 Specific IgE Antibodies in Cow's Milk Allergic Children.

Purpose: The aim of study was to assess the value of recombinants in predicting the degree of symptoms in children with and without anaphylaxis to cow's milk.

Methods: The study included 79 children (70±40 months) referred to the Allergological Unit of the Pediatric Department between the years 2008-2012. Group A was composed of 17 children (78±49.

Usefulness of Atopy Patch Test on a child with milk protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome: a case report.

We describe the case of a child affected by milk-protein induced enterocolitis, in which oral challenge with corn was performed without symptoms after a negative specific Atopy Patch Test. Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES) is an uncommon nonIgE-mediated gastrointestinal food hypersensitivity of infancy, characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea arising within 1 to 3 hours after ingestion of the causative food. Little is known about the pathophysiology of FPIES.