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ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY
ISSN 2398-9130 Vol 1.1 • August 2016 • emjreviews.com
INSIDE
Review of
EAACI 2016
Vienna, Austria
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD......................................................................................................................................... 4
CONGRESS REVIEW........................................................................................................................................ 12
• Review of the 60th European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
(EAACI) Annual Congress, held in Vienna, Austria, 11th–15th June 2016
INTERVIEWS WITH EMJ ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY EDITORIAL BOARD........................................ 20
SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
• ADJUVANTS IN ALLERGY: ELEVATING EFFICACY...........................................................
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY ISSN 2398-9130
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
ALLERGY & IMMUNOLOGY • ATOPIC DERMATITIS: THE
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief: Prof Dr Jacqu
Allergy & Immunology Dr Rodrigo Rodrigues, Di
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Congress Highlights President of EAA
EAACI Publishes a User’s Guide to Molecular Aller
Over 1,800 abstracts for discussion EAACI Calls
Exclusive Interviews from the German Cancer
Frans Timmermans Vice President of the Netherlan
people with allergies cope in their daily
she knows what they react to and if the
Q: What are likely to be the biggest challenges f
‘impressions’ and therefore respiratory aller
Q: What do you feel to be the greatest achievemen
in some patients. Recent research indicated that
of Vienna, Vienna, Austria), which brings togethe
of allergic diseases in Malaysia, particularly fo
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With their knowledge we can build the nati
Q: What are some of the greatest challenges you c
ADJUVANTS IN ALLERGY: ELEVATING EFFICACY This
in 790 German patients in Germany undergoing AIT
advances in AIT exceed the effects of symptomatic
Other than increasing allergen dose, which may ha
REFERENCES 1. Durham SR et al. SQ-standardi
IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN HE
Diagnosing Hereditary Angioedema Patients To
event. Some current diagnostic tests may ha
vascular endothelial-like growth factor (VEGF
Bradykinin Kininase Bradykinin fra
between histaminergic reactions and the formation
of the disease, genetic testing may be the most p
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normal daily routine. The researchers sought to
Poster Discussion Sessions In the
The conclusions drawn from their longitudinal ana
Abstract Reviews CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON POLLE
EAACI 2016 Therefore, transport with wind,
Abstract Reviews apple species contain fewer all
EAACI 2016 the effect of dupilumab on HRQoL outc
EDITOR’S PICK This
INTRODUCTION Drug allergy or drug hypersensi
Table 2 continued. Reaction type Type of immune r
Table 2: Differential diagnosis of drug allergy a
MANAGEMENT OF COMMON DRUG ALLERGIES The most e
Anaesthetics True allergic reactions to l
ATOPIC DERMATITIS: THE NEED FOR A SUB-SA
The data on African populations is thus sparse an
Culex Anopheles A
conditioning dendritic cell (DC) maturati
brain microvessels and on infected erythrocytes f
is a highly prevalent ‘environmental’ allerg
Study. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012;129(3): 840-5
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IN SEARCH OF BIOMARKERS IN EOSINOPHILIC OESOP
recurrence.1,5 Reliable, non-invasive bioma
Genome-wide microarray expression analysis in
significantly downregulated oesophageal IL-5
with oesophageal eosinophil counts compared with
general, and may not be specific to oesophageal mu
on potential biomarkers for EoE. Eotaxi
Clin Immunol. 2013;132:3-14. 38. Lu S et al. Micr
TREATMENT OPTIONS IN EOSINOPHILIC OESOPHAGITIS
antagonist, have emerged in recent years wi
Table 1: Eosinophilic oesophagitis treatment summ
in maintaining clinical or histological remission
radioallergosorbent or skin-prick tests.
Oesophageal biopsies with ≥15 EOS/HPF at 5 cm
1066-78. 4. Dellon ES, Liacouras CA. Advances in
Am J Gastroenterol. 2003;98(4):777-82. 46. Liaco
ASTHMA PHENOTYPES AND THE MICROBIOME
that characterises only ~50% of patient
This parallels a recent editorial by Stappenbeck
the production of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA),
Table 1 continued. Author Year Significa
Feeding mice a diet high in fermentable fib
Concurrent steroid treatment may influence these fi
REFERENCES 1. Wenzel SE. Asthma phenotypes: the
interactions between the gut microbiota and host
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DRUG ALLERGY: DELAYED CUTANEOUS HYPERSENSITIVI
a list of the most common drugs that have been fo
hypersensitivity reaction; allopurinol drug react
Table 2: The Gell and Coombs classification system
associated with contact dermatitis (Type IV) will
Table 3: Drug hypersensitivity reactions based on
Table 4: Severe cutaneous adverse reactions. Stev
severity of the symptoms, both cutaneous an
Skin care after full closure includes use of sun
34. Miyazaki M et al. Acute liver failure caused
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