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Höflich, C.* ; Balakirski, G.* ; Hajdu, Z.* ; Baron, J.M.* ; Fietkau, K.* ; Merk, H.F.* ; Strassen, U.* ; Bier, H.* ; Dott, W.* ; Mücke, H.G.* ; Straff, W.* ; Wurpts, G.* ; Yazdi, A.S.* ; Chaker, A. ; Röseler, S.T.M.*

Management of patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis: Diagnostic consideration of sensitization to non-frequent pollen allergens.

Clin. Transl. Allergy 11:e12058 (2021)
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Background: Diagnosis of pollen allergies is mainly based on test allergens for skin prick testing. In the minimum battery of test inhalant allergens recommended by the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network 10 pollen allergens are included. Complementary other pollen allergens may need to be considered; however, respective awareness may not always be granted. Furthermore, at least in Germany, the situation may be even more complicated by the fact that test allergens need regulatory approval. A decline in commercially available test allergens may result in a diagnostic gap regarding patients with non-frequent allergies. How many patients with non-frequent pollen allergies would be affected by this gap? The data presented here partly answer this question. Methods: The study consisted of a descriptive and an analytical part. In the descriptive part, sensitization to frequent pollen allergens (alder, hazel, birch, sweet grasses; according to the German Therapy Allergen Ordinance) and to respective non-frequent pollen allergens (cypress, Japanese cedar, ash, plane tree, olive, Bermuda grass, wall pellitory, plantain, goosefoot, mugwort, ragweed, and saltwort) was measured in adult patients with physician-diagnosed allergic rhinitis from two German federal states, namely North-Rhine Westphalia (n = 360) and Bavaria (n = 339), using skin prick testing and/or ISAC technology. Furthermore, respective regional pollen data were assessed. In the analytical part, sensitization data were correlated with each other and with anamnestic data on symptom periods. Results: Sensitization to frequent pollen allergens ranged from 45% (sIgE to Aln g 1/Alder, NRW) to 72% (prick test reactivity to birch, NRW). Sensitization to non-frequent pollen allergens ranged from 0% (sIgE to Amb a 1/ragweed, NRW) to 41% (prick test reactivity to olive, Bavaria). Sensitization data partly correlated with each other and in connection with symptom periods showed a partly similar seasonal pattern as pollen data. Conclusions: Sensitization to non-frequent pollen allergens have to be considered when examining patients with respective seasonal symptoms, and test (and respective therapy) allergens for non-frequent pollen allergies need to be available. Further prerequisites for adequate patient management would be a nationwide pollen monitoring system giving continuous pollen data and a systematic sensitization monitoring at patient level.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Allergic Rhinitis ; Allergy ; Monitoring ; Pollen ; Sensitization; German Health Interview; Ga2len Skin-test; Climate-change; Prevalence; Diseases
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2021
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2021
e-ISSN 2045-7022
Quellenangaben Band: 11, Heft: 8, Seiten: , Artikelnummer: e12058 Supplement: ,
Verlag BioMed Central
Verlagsort 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, Nj Usa
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Allergy
PSP-Element(e) G-505400-001
Förderungen German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (Ufoplan research grant)
Scopus ID 85117892386
PubMed ID 34631010
Erfassungsdatum 2021-12-07